The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)
By: K.J. Charles
4.13
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
Bridgerton meets Poldark in this sweeping LGBTQIA+ Regency romance from award-winning author KJ Cha…
Want to Read $ 8.07"It didn’t have quite the melancholy feel of lost hopes and the futility of human endeavour that would have suited his mood, but it was still moderately picturesque."-K.J. Charles, The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)
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1. The Soldier's Scoundrel (The Turners, #1)
By: Cat Sebastian
4.01
Format: 352 pages, ebook
A scoundrel who lives in the shadows Jack Turner grew up in the darkness of London's slums, born in… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
"Nobody had been more surprised than Jack to discover that when he was happy, he wanted to make others happy. What a soggy lot of rubbish, but there you had it."-Cat Sebastian, The Soldier's Scoundrel (The Turners, #1)
"How many more snifters of brandy could that potted plant take before it withered up and died? Oliver had, on the sly, been dumping nearly all his brandy into that poor plant for days now. But it look…"-Cat Sebastian, The Soldier's Scoundrel (The Turners, #1)
2. It Takes Two to Tumble (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #1)
By: Cat Sebastian
3.88
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Some of Ben Sedgwick's favorite things: Helping his poor parishioners Baby animals Shamelessl… read more
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- romance
- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
"He couldn't be serious and stern with a man who had ducklings in his hair, or who talked to baby birds like they were guests at a tea party, or who seemed to dearly want Phillip to smile."-Cat Sebastian, It Takes Two to Tumble (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #1)
3. The Lawrence Browne Affair (The Turner Series, #2)
By: Cat Sebastian
4.50
Format: 122 pages, ebook
An earl hiding from his future . . . Lawrence Browne, the Earl of Radnor, is mad. At least, that's… read more
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- romance
- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- historical fiction
- queer
4. The Ruin of a Rake (The Turner Series, #3)
By: Cat Sebastian
3.85
Format: None pages, ebook
Rogue. Libertine. Rake. Lord Courtenay has been called many things and has never much cared. But af… read more
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5. All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles, #2)
By: Foz Meadows
4.20
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The follow-up to Foz Meadows's A Strange and Stubborn Endurance , a sultry political & romantic fan… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- m m romance
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- queer
"[Markel signing] '...If I'd just been a little sharper--' 'You're plenty sharp, Markel,' I said, smiling at him. 'Like an oddly maternal knife."-Foz Meadows, All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles, #2)
"I can feel the pair of you mother-henning me from here,' Vel called from the bathroom door. 'It smacks of conspiracy.' 'You'll be cared about and you'll like it!' Cae called back."-Foz Meadows, All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles, #2)
6. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)
By: K.J. Charles
4.13
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
Bridgerton meets Poldark in this sweeping LGBTQIA+ Regency romance from award-winning author KJ Cha… read more
Want to Read $ 8.07Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1) book and K.J. Charles's The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)
- romance
- audiobook
- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
"It didn’t have quite the melancholy feel of lost hopes and the futility of human endeavour that would have suited his mood, but it was still moderately picturesque."-K.J. Charles, The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)
7. Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots (The Cabots, #3)
By: Cat Sebastian
4.21
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
New York City, 1973 Daniel Cabot doesn’t really know what he’s doing with his life. He’s lost fa… read more
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- romance
- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
"Alex hoped Daniel appreciated exactly how bold and daring he was being in going to the grocery store on Tuesday rather than Saturday. It was like fucking Mardi Gras over here, everything upside down."-Cat Sebastian, Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots (The Cabots, #3)
8. We Could Be So Good
By: Cat Sebastian
4.29
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Casey McQuiston meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this mid-century romdram about a scrappy… read more
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- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
9. Luke and Billy Finally Get a Clue (The Cabots #3.5)
By: Cat Sebastian
4.20
Format: 102 pages, Kindle Edition
North Carolina, 1953 Billy Reardon’s spent the past five years trying and failing to keep his te… read more
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- romance
- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
10. You Should Be So Lucky
By: Cat Sebastian
4.39
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance about grief and found family, b… read more
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- romance
- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
"Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say: Well, he’s fucked, but he’s trying."-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky
"But he also wants that feeling he had earlier, that feeling of being seen for who he is, and of being liked anyway."-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky
"This urge to be kind to a relative stranger is unfamiliar and disconcerting, as if he's discovered in himself a hunger for raw meat or an enthusiasm for vaudeville."-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky
"The actual problem is incredibly boring, and Mark hates admitting it even to himself. Unless a couple has the good fortune to get hit by the same freight train, their story ends in exactly one way. H…"-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky
11. Two Rogues Make a Right (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #3)
By: Cat Sebastian
4.01
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Will Sedgwick can’t believe that after months of searching for his oldest friend, Martin Easterbroo… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
12. A Gentleman Never Keeps Score (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #2)
By: Cat Sebastian
4.06
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Once beloved by London's fashionable elite, Hartley Sedgwick has become a recluse after a spate of … read more
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- audiobook
- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
"Let me make this equally clear to you, because I think I've failed you on this score. I want to be with you, in rooms above a pub or anywhere you happen to be. A cave, a pirate ship, a desert island,…"-Cat Sebastian, A Gentleman Never Keeps Score (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #2)
13. A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
By: Freya Marske
4.29
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, t… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
"Ross said, “Ask me if I’ve been paid for it."-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
"Now it was Maud's turn to laugh. She gave Jack an affectionate look from her position on the floor. Intolerable. Jack was never going to rid himself of any of these people."-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
"I would write you into immortality. I would trap you in ink and wear the pages next to my skin until they fell apart. Kiss me until I know you. Kiss me until you know me, unmake me, and love me anywa…"-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
14. A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
By: Freya Marske
3.91
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Magic! Murder! Shipboard romance! Maud Blyth has always longed for adventure. She expected plent… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
"Hawthorn waved that aside. “My sister…"-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
"She hadn't anticipated Maud Blyth. She didn't know how anyone ever could."-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
"Maud, darling," she said, very soft. "You're worth more than this quest. I've told you that all along."-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
"The head of security for the Lyric had a sturdy figure and a kind face with a reddish moustache that was doing its best to engulf his upper lip, as though he'd inherited it from a larger relative and…"-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
15. Once a Rogue (Roaring Twenties Magic, #2)
By: Allie Therin
4.28
Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Two reformed scoundrels have renounced the battlefields and scandals for one another, but their tro… read more
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- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- historical fiction
- audiobook
16. The Queer Principles of Kit Webb (London Highwaymen, #1)
By: Cat Sebastian
3.89
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
Critically acclaimed author Cat Sebastian makes her trade paperback debut in a stunning historical … read more
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- audiobook
- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
17. Time to Shine
By: Rachel Reid
4.05
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A merry and bright hockey romance about finding your place, finding your people and finding your wa… read more
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- m m romance
- queer
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- audiobook
18. 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)
By: Alexis Hall
3.91
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Fake amnesia. Real feelings? Real problems. Sam Becker loves―or, okay, likes―his job. Sure, man… read more
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- audiobook
- m m romance
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- queer
"I don't think he'll be able to tell. Memory is peculiar. Worst comes to absolute worst, I'll just arrange to get whacked on the head again and say that's brought everything back." "That's not a thing…"-Alexis Hall, 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)
19. The Gentleman's Book of Vices (Lucky Lovers of London, #1)
By: Jess Everlee
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Is their real-life love story doomed to be a tragedy, or can they rewrite the ending? London, 18… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
20. A Rulebook for Restless Rogues (Lucky Lovers of London, #2)
By: Jess Everlee
3.75
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Jess Everlee follows up her sparkling debut The Gentleman's Book of Vices with this charming queer… read more
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- audiobook
- m m romance
- lgbt
- historical
- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
21. One Night in Hartswood
By: Emma Denny
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Oxford 1360 When his sister’s betrothed vanishes the night before her politically arranged marr… read more
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- historical romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
"I was not rid of you,’ he spoke quietly, trailing his fingertips across the fabric of Penn’s tunic. ‘I have not been rid of you since that first evening in Hartswood Forest. I followed you because I …"-Emma Denny, One Night in Hartswood
