28 must-read lgbt books like Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1) by John Wiltshire

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Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

By: John Wiltshire

4.04

Format: 507 pages, Kindle Edition

Ex-SAS soldier Ben Rider falls in love with his enigmatic married boss Sir Nikolas Mikkelsen, but N…

"Benjamin, we may be murderers, liars, and fornicators. These are British politicians. We cannot possibly compete."

-John Wiltshire, Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

If you liked the lgbt plot in Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1) by John Wiltshire , here is a list of 28 books like this:

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1. Kill Game (Seven of Spades, #1)

By: Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.24

Format: 262 pages, ebook

Homicide detective Levi Abrams is barely holding his life together. He’s reeling from the fallout o… read more

Similar categories in Cordelia Kingsbridge's Kill Game (Seven of Spades, #1) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"The human species has a responsibility to purge its diseased. Like cutting off moldy bread before it ruins the entire loaf."

-Cordelia Kingsbridge, Kill Game (Seven of Spades, #1)

"I believe that people can complement each other so well that they’re like two halves of one whole, yes. Not necessarily that there’s only one match in the entire world for each person."

-Cordelia Kingsbridge, Kill Game (Seven of Spades, #1)

"Vigilantism appealed to the darker side of human nature, the thirst for primal justice that knew no constraints. This killer was banking on that, maybe even expecting law enforcement to be less dilig…"

-Cordelia Kingsbridge, Kill Game (Seven of Spades, #1)

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2. Risky Behavior (Bad Behavior, #1)

By: L.A. Witt , Cari Z.

4.15

Format: 275 pages, ebook

It's day one of Darren Corliss's career as a detective, and not only has he been assigned a notorio… read more

Similar categories in L.A. Witt's Risky Behavior (Bad Behavior, #1) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime

3. P.S. I Spook You

By: S.E. Harmon

4.22

Format: 129 pages, ebook

SSA Rain Christiansen used to be the agency's golden boy. It just takes one moment of weakness, one… read more

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4. Bitter Legacy

By: Dal Maclean

3.94

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

Detective Sergeant James Henderson of London's Metropolitan Police Murder Investigation Team is no … read more

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5. The Mermaid Murders (The Art of Murder, #1)

By: Josh Lanyon

4.01

Format: 0 pages, ebook

Special Agent Jason West is seconded from the FBI Art Crime Team to temporarily partner with disgra… read more

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6. The Wolf at Bay (Big Bad Wolf, #2)

By: Charlie Adhara

4.35

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Solve the crime or fix the relationship—Cooper Dayton can’t seem to do both in this stunning and su… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • mystery
  • lgbt
" Fetch me that flower; the herb I showed thee once. The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid, will make man or woman madly dote upon the next live creature that it sees. Cooper had frowned at the tv,…"

-Charlie Adhara, The Wolf at Bay (Big Bad Wolf, #2)

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7. Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Big Bad Wolf, #4)

By: Charlie Adhara

4.45

Format: 268 pages, ebook

Agent Cooper Dayton and his partner, Oliver Park, are going undercover—at a retreat for couples who… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Adhara's Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Big Bad Wolf, #4) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • mystery
  • crime
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8. Thrown to the Wolves (Big Bad Wolf, #3)

By: Charlie Adhara

4.37

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

Agent Cooper Dayton is going to meet his boyfriend’s werewolf family. Unarmed. On their turf. An… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Adhara's Thrown to the Wolves (Big Bad Wolf, #3) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • mystery
  • lgbt
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9. A Chip and a Chair (Seven of Spades, #5)

By: Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.30

Format: 330 pages, ebook

Detective Levi Abrams and PI Dominic Russo are reunited and more committed to each other than ever,… read more

Similar categories in Cordelia Kingsbridge's A Chip and a Chair (Seven of Spades, #5) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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10. Madison Square Murders (Memento Mori, #1)

By: C.S. Poe

4.40

Format: 260 pages, ebook

Everett Larkin works for the Cold Case Squad: an elite—if understaffed and overworked—group of dete… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Poe's Madison Square Murders (Memento Mori, #1) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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11. Broadway Butchery (Memento Mori, #3)

By: C.S. Poe

4.45

Format: 311 pages, ebook

The Cold Case Squad of the NYPD is overworked, understaffed, but receiving great press due to star … read more

Similar categories in C.S. Poe's Broadway Butchery (Memento Mori, #3) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Temporary Partner (Valor and Doyle Mysteries, #1) by Nicky James

12. Temporary Partner (Valor and Doyle Mysteries, #1)

By: Nicky James

4.21

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Can two rivals work together to solve a case? When an infant is taken from his carriage in broad… read more

Similar categories in Nicky James's Temporary Partner (Valor and Doyle Mysteries, #1) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Defying Logic (Valor and Doyle Mysteries, #5) by Nicky James

13. Defying Logic (Valor and Doyle Mysteries, #5)

By: Nicky James

4.42

Format: 489 pages, Kindle Edition

Two months ago, a catastrophic incident on the job forever changed Aslan’s life. It left him shaken… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2) by S.E. Harmon

14. Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

By: S.E. Harmon

4.39

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

No one said being a medium would be easy. Rain Christiansen, former FBI agent and current cold c… read more

Similar categories in S.E. Harmon's Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"Life would be so much easier if I didn’t mind disappointing you."

-S.E. Harmon, Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

"I, Daniel McKenna, promise to love, hold, honor, and cherish you. And always say yes to shower sex."

-S.E. Harmon, Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

"Thanks to a threatening tropical storm, air traffic control had made us unwilling participants in the world’s strangest version of Red Rover. There had to be a rhyme and reason to the complicated air…"

-S.E. Harmon, Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

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15. The Spooky Life (The Spectral Files #4)

By: S.E. Harmon

4.39

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Rain Christiansen isn’t sure he’ll ever fully understand the supernatural. But he’s finally finding… read more

Similar categories in S.E. Harmon's The Spooky Life (The Spectral Files #4) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"It’s the classic story of boy meets boy, boy loves boy, boy leaves boy, boy hates boy, boy comes back and loves boy again. Plus ghosts."

-S.E. Harmon, The Spooky Life (The Spectral Files #4)

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16. Reasonable Doubt (Hazard and Somerset #5)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.29

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

After almost twenty years, Emery Hazard finally has the man he loves. But things with his boyfriend… read more

Similar categories in Gregory Ashe's Reasonable Doubt (Hazard and Somerset #5) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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17. Guilt by Association (Hazard and Somerset, #4)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.25

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

Everything in Emery Hazard’s life is finally going well: his boyfriend, Nico, is crazy about him; h… read more

Similar categories in Gregory Ashe's Guilt by Association (Hazard and Somerset, #4) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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18. Pretty Pretty Boys (Hazard and Somerset, #1)

By: Gregory Ashe

3.99

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

After Emery Hazard loses his job as a detective in Saint Louis, he heads back to his hometown--and … read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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19. Paternity Case (Hazard and Somerset #3)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.19

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s almost Christmas, and Emery Hazard finds himself face to face with his own personal nightmare:… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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20. Criminal Past (Hazard and Somerset #6)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.34

Format: 597 pages, Kindle Edition

It all starts to go wrong at the shooting gallery. Emery Hazard and his boyfriend, John-Henry Somer… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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21. Transposition (Hazard and Somerset, #2)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.01

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Emery Hazard and his partner, John-Henry Somerset, have solved their first case together. The bruta… read more

Similar categories in Gregory Ashe's Transposition (Hazard and Somerset, #2) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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22. Spooky Business (The Spectral Files, #3)

By: S.E. Harmon

4.46

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Being insatiably curious is a good way to end up dead. Rain Christiansen, cold case detective a… read more

Similar categories in S.E. Harmon's Spooky Business (The Spectral Files, #3) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"Accept the olive branch for what it is. “Don’t do me any favours,"

-S.E. Harmon, Spooky Business (The Spectral Files, #3)

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23. Trick Roller (Seven of Spades, #2)

By: Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.36

Format: 254 pages, ebook

It’s the height of summer in Las Vegas. Everyone believes the serial killer Seven of Spades is dead… read more

Similar categories in Cordelia Kingsbridge's Trick Roller (Seven of Spades, #2) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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24. One-Eyed Royals (Seven of Spades, #4)

By: Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.33

Format: 330 pages, ebook

Spoiler Alert! The following blurb contains spoilers for Cash Plays, book three of Seven of Spades.… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"Loving someone doesn’t mean you have to let them treat you like shit, no matter what they’re going through."

-Cordelia Kingsbridge, One-Eyed Royals (Seven of Spades, #4)

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25. Cash Plays (Seven of Spades, #3)

By: Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.28

Format: 300 pages, ebook

The Seven of Spades is back with a vengeance—the vigilante serial killer has resumed their murderou… read more

Similar categories in Cordelia Kingsbridge's Cash Plays (Seven of Spades, #3) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"Forcing people to take action before they’ve reached a state of readiness for change tends to backfire spectacularly."

-Cordelia Kingsbridge, Cash Plays (Seven of Spades, #3)

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26. Where Death Meets the Devil (Death and the Devil, #1)

By: L.J. Hayward

4.15

Format: 395 pages, ebook

Jack Reardon, former SAS soldier and current Australian Meta-State asset, has seen some messy battl… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • military fiction
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"You're just a weaponist, Jack." Jack stifled a snicker. "A weaponist?" "Like a racist but against certain weapons." "And you never met a weapon you didn't like." "A couple actually, but that was more…"

-L.J. Hayward, Where Death Meets the Devil (Death and the Devil, #1)

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27. Why the Devil Stalks Death (Death and the Devil, #2)

By: L.J. Hayward

4.33

Format: 380 pages, ebook

Jack Reardon uncovers secrets for a living, and the Meta-State spy is pretty good at it. Or rather … read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • military fiction
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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28. Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

By: John Wiltshire

4.04

Format: 507 pages, Kindle Edition

Ex-SAS soldier Ben Rider falls in love with his enigmatic married boss Sir Nikolas Mikkelsen, but N… read more

Similar categories in John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1) book and John Wiltshire's Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • military fiction
  • suspense
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • abuse
"Benjamin, we may be murderers, liars, and fornicators. These are British politicians. We cannot possibly compete."

-John Wiltshire, Love Is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1)

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29. Police Brutality (Hazard and Somerset: A Union of Swords, #2)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.51

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

For the first time in a long while, Emery Hazard’s life is good. His new business as a private dete… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"I know it’s wrong,"

-Gregory Ashe, Police Brutality (Hazard and Somerset: A Union of Swords, #2)

"I’m evaluating inconsistencies and presenting them as part of an analysis of my own unreliable interpretation of last night."

-Gregory Ashe, Police Brutality (Hazard and Somerset: A Union of Swords, #2)

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30. The Rational Faculty (Hazard and Somerset: A Union of Swords, #1)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.49

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

Three months have passed since Emery Hazard and John-Henry Somerset faced a madman and lived to tel… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Bargaining with the Devil (Death and the Devil, #1.4) by L.J. Hayward

31. Bargaining with the Devil (Death and the Devil, #1.4)

By: L.J. Hayward

4.23

Format: 80 pages, ebook

Meta-State spy Jack Reardon believes it’s all been taken care of. He has his verbal agreement with … read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • military fiction
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • crime

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Cordelia Kingsbridge

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4.15

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A Chip and a Chair (Seven of Spades, #5)

Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.30

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