ROMANCE / TEEN /BL Jasper Jones is trapped in a bewildering whirlwind of emotions, caught in a dark place where anger and confusion reign. His future hangs by a thread as he faces the very real threat of expulsion from school. In a bid to reclaim some semblance of stability, he's sent to his uncle's sprawling farm, a stark contrast to his chaotic life. As the summer sun spills golden light over the landscape, Jasper finds himself with a fleeting opportunity-just one season to turn his life around. Little does he know, this summer will be anything but ordinary, filled with unexpected twists and profound experiences that will challenge everything he thought he knew about himself and the world around him. A boyxboy coming of age tale RANKING... #1 boyslove (05/07/23) #24 bxb (09/10/22) #5 spice (09/10/22) #1 fluffandsmut (06/04/22) #1 gayerotica (02/09/2021) #4 gay (12/12/21) #1 malexmale (12/12/21) #2 gayfiction (12/12/21) #4 boyxboy (13/12/21) #1 mxm (14/12/21) #17 romance (14/12/21) #3 new adult (17/12/21) #1 attraction (05/01/22) #10 angst (07/01/22) #11 mature (14/05/22) #2 hot (28/01/22) #6 love (03/07/22) #4 thirdperson (07/02/22) #1 manxman (23/05/22) #4 homoerotica (23/05/22) Reader comments: "Omg I love this so much, it's definitely going into my favorites and recommendations, and a few other lists." Adci544 "beautiful ending! loved it very much T.T" ashhhoo "ohhh i loved this so much ❤ i became so invested in it, jasper's development is so smooth and you have a very sensible way of detailing young emotions ❤ off to my library we go!" Teresahah "Damn this was such a good coming of age story. The twists and turns between Jasper and Thomas was so fucking natural." JaceML6 "Thanks for this fabulous story! Really different from others without these sterotypical bottoms and tops, nice refreshment. Even tough I read it in a few hours, it was a pleasure to do so!❤️" GayMercury. A JoJo origina

With his career on the line, Ashton takes a blockbuster role-only to find himself starring opposite his longtime rival, Ryker Cohen. But as tension turns to sparks, hate might not be the only thing burning between them. *** With Ashton's dying career, his last lifeline was accepting the lead role in a sureshot blockbuster. But the new role had a catch, and the catch had a name: Ryker Cohen, Ashton's sole archnemesis. Can Ashton act alongside the man he has spent years despising? Will he give in to the hate? Or will Ryker's soft touch melt Ashton's stone cold heart? *** "You're crazy," Ashton whispered. "Yes," Ryker continued. "For you." "No. You're just crazy. Period." *** [mxm] [marked mature for sexual content]

What do you do when you're given a second chance at life? *** Age 15: Oliver Sallow is shipped to the tiny town of Blissby to live with a new foster family. Finn O'Connell is captain of the football team. Neither of them knows much about the other except for one thing: they have absolutely nothing in common. Age 17: Oliver finds Finn having a panic attack in the library bathroom. They still have nothing in common. They fall in love all the same. Age 18: Oliver breaks up with Finn. Age 18.5: Oliver dies in a motorcycle accident. Six minutes and twenty-four seconds later, he wakes up again to be offered a deal: he will get to spend another twelve months as a guardian angel, neither fully dead nor completely alive. The catch: the person he is assigned to help is none other than Finn O'Connell. Age 19: Two boys, fourteen months of history, and a promise: this time, there can be no falling back in love. (Cover art by @slimmwrites)

Ned and Sam won't talk about their first kiss. But when Ned gets stood up on a date and tries to prove his worth by stealing a famous local relic, Sam has to step in, forcing them both to uncover family secrets that could make or break their relationship for good. # It's been three years since Ned and Sam had their first kiss-three whole years that they've been ignoring it and continuing on as best friends. The day before Christmas Eve, they both find themselves going on separate dates. But Ned getting stood up sends him on a wild adventure as he struggles to prove his worth, unearthing family secrets along the way that both separate and bind the boys together. Ned and Sam's story proves that one night really can change everything. But will their friendship grow stronger, or will these secrets put a fracture in their bond that they can't repair? # If you like stories about second chances at love, lawn gnomes, and the sacred art of running scared, you'll love Ned Gets Stood Up, a gay teen romance with a fun cast of lovable characters. Think Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist meets Love Actually. 💕Childhood friends to lover 🤣 Romantic Comedy 🔥 An Epic Quest 🌈 Be gay do crimes

Seventeen-year-old Apollo Reyes-Perez is struggling to understand two things: his identity and his best friend's suicide. But when Amory Hartmann, the new boy in town, catches his attention, he discovers that the answers to those questions may be more complicated than he had anticipated. ...... After the passing of his best friend, Apollo is left in an unfamiliar world, or perhaps one he never understood. Swimming, friends, and family. That was Apollo's universe. Until one day it wasn't. His friends expect too much, his parents don't talk enough, and swimming feels wrong. It only took one day for his life to change. Isn't the world supposed to stop when the person closest to you is gone? That's what he believed. But when the realities of growing up as a Mexican-American teenager hurdle towards him, he must accept the simple fact that life goes on. This becomes abundantly clear when Amory Hartmann enters his life, forcing Apollo to face the parts of himself he intended to keep hidden. Pieces of himself he's been too afraid to share with a boy. Will Apollo learn to leave the past behind him and move towards the future, or will his demons keep dragging him back to the darkest point of his life? Featured by @TeenFiction 🥇1st place LGBTQ+: The Novelists Awards 2022-2023 🥉3rd place Romance: The Pride Awards 2023 💜 @YARomance Undiscovered Book of The Month {November 2022}

A leaked scandal destroyed Dev's life and cost him the boy he loved. Now he's starting over at a new school where no one is supposed to know his name. And the last person he needs getting close is Raj - the infuriating, sharp-tongued prefect who won't stop watching him like he's trying to solve a mystery. Dev may survive being hated. But he definitely won't survive being loved again.

They were best friends once. . . now they're on rivalling hockey teams. And neither will back down. ~~~ Once they lived in a small town and did everything together. . . Now both Jake and Alexander are in college and excelling in ice hockey. In the final year of college, Alex and Jake meet again. Both are confident on how they play, yet the games against each other's team prove both of them wrong. And when one of them experiences a really frustrating loss, things turn heated.

[ A VERY Slow-Burn, Coming-of-Age LGBT+ Love Story about the Messiness of Love and Life ] Jackson Rivera hates Rory Harwood with all his guts. He's has been the scourge of Jackson's summer for years, and he doesn't know why. That is, until he finds Rory's journal and begins reading it. And as he keeps reading, Jackson discovers way more than he bargained for. Hopefully, Rory won't kill him by the time it's over. ~ Jackson Rivera hates summer for three good reasons - three months of social isolation and boredom at his family's summer cottage, three months of dealing with the family who shares the cottage, and three months of the worst person he's ever met: Rory Harwood. Rory has been the scourge of Jackson's summer for years, and, despite his attempted efforts to call a truce, Jackson's ready to break the guy's nose or kill him. That is, until he finds Rory's journal and begins reading it. And as he keeps reading, Jackson discovers way more than he bargained for, setting forth a series of events that'll change not just Jackson and Rory, but everyone around them, forever. Let's just hope that Rory won't kill him by the time it's over. © All Rights Reserved Word Count: ~148,000 ~ *Contains slurs, violence, angst, profanity, and bullying* # 2 self-identity (06/18/22) #4 in bisexual (06/16/22)

Ryan Huff has always been in love with the most sought-after senior in his high school. He wishes to make a move and find out why Drew Grisham always seems to stare at him from afar, but when his best friend Nora tells him that she has a crush on this same Drew, Ryan feels as though his world is about to crash. It only gets worse when he bumps into Drew one day and the boy asks him for help on how to date none other than his best friend, Nora. Yet, there is someone else who seems hellbent on making sure that Ryan stays as far away from Drew as possible, and Ryan isn't sure if that's a good thing. *** Disclaimer: Photo on cover does not belong to me.

[Featured in FreetheLGBT: Diverse Literature reading list and Humor: Young. Dumb. Full of Fun list] Colin Mitchell, a photographer at a well-known store, Snapshot, is openly gay--mostly. His ideal experiences are sexcapades that are always subtle, never out of line and straight to the point. (Ironic, isn't it?) However, he meets Peter Chu: a snarky Chinese student with a loud mouth and more issues than Vogue. His intriguing persona has Colin enraptured and willing to throw away his CADBMBB- 'Clients Aren't Dated, But May Be Banged' principle--and take things further than they've ever gone with any guy. Circumstances push both their lives together, with Peter seeking to find his own path after a bad break up and a significant move. Colin is willing to walk that blazed trail with him--in more ways than one. But there is one problem... Peter is as straight as they come. Kinda. ♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤ Highest rankings: #1 in blindness- 31/07/2020 #1 in freethelgbt- 24/01/2021 #1 in gay- 22/05/2021 #4 in teenfiction- 22/05/2021 #4 in bxb out of 78.5K- 20/05/2021 #4 in pride- 09/11/2020 Warning: Contains mature language, violence and steamy scenes. Warning 2.O: This book will have you hooked! #new adult + #teen fiction + #romance + #boyxboy + #humor Started: 16th June, 2020