20 Top contemporary books like Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining by Scarlett Drake

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Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

By: Scarlett Drake

4.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Caspien Deveraux was poison. It took me years to realise that he hadn’t been born like that. He…

"Caspien was an altarpiece, Deveraux his reredos, and I came to him in blind idolatry."

-Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

"Caspien was an altarpiece, Deveraux his reredos, and I came to him in blind idolatry."

-Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

"These walls and the two men inside had swallowed me whole once before, so when I emerged from the belly of the beast, I staggered into the world blinking and raw. This time, though, I have come armed. This time, I’ve come with sharp edges, blades, and a warrior’s hardened heart, and I’ll cut myself free without a moment’s hesitation"

-Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

"These walls and the two men inside had swallowed me whole once before, so when I emerged from the belly of the beast, I staggered into the world blinking and raw. This time, though, I have come armed. This time, I’ve come with sharp edges, blades, and a warrior’s hardened heart, and I’ll cut myself free without a moment’s hesitation"

-Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

If you liked the contemporary plot in Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining by Scarlett Drake , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Just a Taste by Briar Prescott

1. Just a Taste

By: Briar Prescott

4.21

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Lake: So... I’m getting married. Just three minor details: my husband-to-be is technically also m… read more

Similar categories in Briar Prescott's Just a Taste book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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2. Red Flags & Tuesdays (Weekday Weirdos)

By: Nordika Night

4.35

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Waking up to his one-night stand trying to flee the scene, Reid sits back to enjoy the show. This b… read more

Similar categories in Nordika Night's Red Flags & Tuesdays (Weekday Weirdos) book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
"It won't last...we're already over."

-Nordika Night, Red Flags & Tuesdays (Weekday Weirdos)

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3. The Night I Lost Him

By: Calliope Rhys

4.39

Format: 383 pages, None

Caden Conner had never planned on coming out of the box he’d placed himself in long ago, the one he… read more

Similar categories in Calliope Rhys's The Night I Lost Him book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
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4. The Heir's Disgrace (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 1)

By: August Jones

4.29

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

Drew Riley: Night Doorman of The Eastmoor on Park I’m stuck in an uptown lobby while my dreams o… read more

Similar categories in August Jones's The Heir's Disgrace (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 1) book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I’m not scared."

-August Jones, The Heir's Disgrace (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 1)

"Lie back for me, baby."

-August Jones, The Heir's Disgrace (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 1)

"I want to burn the fucking world."

-August Jones, The Heir's Disgrace (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 1)

"....you told me you never wanted to see me again?"

-August Jones, The Heir's Disgrace (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 1)

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5. Never Leave, Never Lie

By: Thea Verdone

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

The lies that brought them together will tear them apart. Alek and Ian’s relationship is built … read more

Similar categories in Thea Verdone's Never Leave, Never Lie book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • queer
"You expect me to tell the truth, but you’re lying to yourself,"

-Thea Verdone, Never Leave, Never Lie

"Loving you is the only thing I don't regret," Alek tried very hard to say in English."

-Thea Verdone, Never Leave, Never Lie

"Without music, there's nothing to keep the fear and the shame and the sadness away and all I feel is everything and I don't want to feel anything anymore."

-Thea Verdone, Never Leave, Never Lie

"Ian discussed each house he had worked on like it was a person with its own secret history, like the simple act of rehabilitating an abandoned house was akin to traveling back in time."

-Thea Verdone, Never Leave, Never Lie

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6. Every Breath After: Part 1 (Lost Boys, #3)

By: Jessie Walker

4.67

Format: 700 pages, Kindle Edition

𝑯𝑬 𝑾𝑶𝑼𝑳𝑫 𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑩𝑬 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑬. A promise. A wish. A twist of fate. I fell in love with 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝘆𝗮𝘁𝘁 b… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Walker's Every Breath After: Part 1 (Lost Boys, #3) book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • contemporary
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7. The Caretaker (Infidelity #3)

By: C.P. Harris

4.50

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

The only thing Noon Waters is sure of is his undying love for his wife. But when a devastating acci… read more

Similar categories in C.P. Harris's The Caretaker (Infidelity #3) book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
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8. Man On (Forbidden Goals, #2)

By: Rebecca Rathe

4.16

Format: 482 pages, Kindle Edition

Stepbrothers. Rivals. They could have been friends- like real brothers, even. Instead, circumsta… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Rathe's Man On (Forbidden Goals, #2) book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • dark
  • contemporary
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9. Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

By: Scarlett Drake

4.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Caspien Deveraux was poison. It took me years to realise that he hadn’t been born like that. He… read more

Similar categories in Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • retellings
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • dark
  • queer
"Caspien was an altarpiece, Deveraux his reredos, and I came to him in blind idolatry."

-Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

"These walls and the two men inside had swallowed me whole once before, so when I emerged from the belly of the beast, I staggered into the world blinking and raw. This time, though, I have come armed…"

-Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

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10. Burning the Midnight Oil (Copper Lake #3)

By: Ashley James

4.07

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Rule number one: Don’t fall for my brother in law. It should be easy, right? Wrong. When I… read more

Similar categories in Ashley James's Burning the Midnight Oil (Copper Lake #3) book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
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11. A Place Not Found

By: Jen Samson

4.50

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

Levi Anderson understands that he will never have a ‘normal’ life. Bipolar Disorder rules every fac… read more

Similar categories in Jen Samson's A Place Not Found book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Anyone But Me

By: J.D. Frost

3.86

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

𝑨𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝟏𝟖+ 𝑴𝑴 𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔. O… read more

Similar categories in J.D. Frost's Anyone But Me book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Goodbye Note by J.R. Gray

13. Goodbye Note

By: J.R. Gray

4.43

Format: 538 pages, Kindle Edition

I’m living the dream, playing summer festivals to massive crowds. My band is on fire, my best fr… read more

Similar categories in J.R. Gray's Goodbye Note book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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14. Antidote

By: Shae Ruby

3.94

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

It was never meant to be more. But somehow it was, and suddenly we were two halves of a whole. … read more

Similar categories in Shae Ruby's Antidote book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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15. The Rest is History

By: Jen Samson

4.41

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

When Reece Carter arrives in Iowa to make amends with his old best friend and the man who still hol… read more

Similar categories in Jen Samson's The Rest is History book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • m m romance
Cover of Kiss a Villain (No Mercy #1) by Mia Darling

16. Kiss a Villain (No Mercy #1)

By: Mia Darling

4.25

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Once upon a time, I saved a boy from certain death. Fell for him so hard that I’d follow him str… read more

Similar categories in Mia Darling's Kiss a Villain (No Mercy #1) book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Fair Catch (Leighton U #3) by C.E. Ricci

17. Fair Catch (Leighton U #3)

By: C.E. Ricci

4.14

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

Taking in Kason Fuller as roommate is meant to be a favor; one I regret immediately. The bumbling,… read more

Similar categories in C.E. Ricci's Fair Catch (Leighton U #3) book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. Romeo Falling

By: Jesse H. Reign

4.50

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when he’s your Romeo…but you’re no Juliet?Romeo and I were friends long before we were… read more

Similar categories in Jesse H. Reign's Romeo Falling book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
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19. Sober Dope & Sundays (Weekday Weirdos)

By: Nordika Night

4.52

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

WHEN ZERO WILLPOWER MEETS AN IRON WILL...Who goes to rehab eight times? Gage does. As a recovering … read more

Similar categories in Nordika Night's Sober Dope & Sundays (Weekday Weirdos) book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
Cover of Maybe You (Until #3) by Briar Prescott

20. Maybe You (Until #3)

By: Briar Prescott

4.44

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Wren: These days I’m a keeper: I keep to myself, keep busy, and keep my head down. Until him. Su… read more

Similar categories in Briar Prescott's Maybe You (Until #3) book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Basically, you’re an example of what-if-Grindr-was-a-real-boy."

-Briar Prescott, Maybe You (Until #3)

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21. The Muse's Undoing (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 2)

By: August Jones

4.19

Format: 514 pages, Kindle Edition

What if this is the worst idea? I may be struggling as an artist in New York, but I’m a great doo… read more

Similar categories in August Jones's The Muse's Undoing (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 2) book and Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • contemporary

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