The real world skins you alive. It's a hazard of growing up in rural Suffolk... or possibly, it's a hazard of growing up. Either way, the Dorian Andrade and Isaiah Matalon who reunite at a party in Oxford have become equally disenchanted imitations of the boys who used to spend summers eating apples on the riverbank. A lot has changed in the six years since they saw each other. One thing is still the same: the longing for each other's company. But aren't the objects of our yearning so much easier to encounter in the imagination than when they're standing in front of us? GENRE: literary fiction, queer romance TROPES: second chance romance, friends to lovers, mutual pining COMP TITLES: A Little Life, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Call Me By Your Name, basically Wolfstar Muggle AU featured in Ambassador Reads featured in Ambassador Recommendations: Living Beyond Labels Dec 24 featured in Ambassadors: Slice of life featured in ContemporaryLit: Ambassadors' Picks featured in ContemporaryLit: LGBTQ+ Contemporary featured in ContemporaryLit: Literary Fiction featured in lgbtq: ManxMan (NA/Adult Fiction) featured in FreeTheLGBT: Diverse Literature featured in WattpadLitFic: Novels featured in WattpadMulticultural: September 2023 Reads of the Month

Desmond Crenshaw doesn't have much going for him. He street races for cash, deals drugs to get by, and drags himself through each day with only one goal: survival. He's a reckless high school dropout with very few talents that won't get him arrested-definitely not someone you'd want around your child. Vaughn Torres agrees, he's been seeking a solid reason to cut off the friendship between the troublemaker and his daughter since the day they met. He gets one, too, when Des's vices begin to bleed into their lives and Winter is officially in danger. Des is given an ultimatum: he can only be around Winter if he distances himself from the crime. There's only one way to do that. A change of employment, specifically to Vaughn's mechanic shop, though that balance is a lot easier said than done. No, things for Des are never that simple. Not when he's working under the watchful eye of a man who hates him. Not when he starts genuinely wanting to be better, and is faced with the rocky road of leaving a life of crime entirely. And especially not when he's been in love with Winter's dad for years.

Kashton Berry never believed the world when they called his father insane. Everyone, including his own mother, mocked Dr. Alan Berry's claims that merpeople were real. But Kash always knew his father had been chasing something bigger than myth. Determined to uncover the truth, Kash travels to the isolated island where his father spent his final years, only to discover a hidden underground lab, a 12-foot glass tank, and a trunk filled with notes on a species humanity refused to acknowledge. But nothing prepares him for what he finds next. A living, breathing merman, nothing like the creatures Kash had imagined. Not a monster. Not a myth. Something far more human, far more dangerous... and far more impossible to resist. As mystery unravels and undeniable tension simmers between captive and captor, Kash must face the truth: Some legends aren't meant to be studied. Some are meant to fall for. Get ready to dive deep into a world of dangerous secrets, unique mating rituals, and a merman with a unique c**k. A fantasy alien romance that will sweep you off your feet and leave you gasping for more.

Mace is a soft-hearted yet strong minded young man , recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder and still figuring out what that means for him and his career as a classical pianist. War, his older brother's best friend, is a sharp-tongued, violent street-hardened man who sees Mace as a liability and isn't shy about saying so. As misunderstandings and assumptions fade away, the concrete walls of their heart begin to crack, something unexpected and dangerous starts to grow between them. Mace thinks War is a cruel and violent thug. War thinks Mace is a crazed entitled brat . they both find themselves understanding one another, more then anyone else ever could, including themselves.

Clover belongs to a family who doesn't love him. He's just turned 20, in a religious family, and his parents want to marry him off to a woman. He runs away; feeling that is his only escape. A tent on a street is his life for months till he falls into the hands of traffickers. His life is switched up after being saved, and harboured by three Police Officers.

UNDER EDITING!! BOOK 1 In the depths of his desires, a tempest brewed, fueled by an irresistible longing that defied reason and ignited a primal, consuming need. Dis gay (; First book❗❗

[BXB] A boy with a strange fixation for colours struggles to navigate his way in a monochromatic world. - Juno Bardett's autism spectrum disorder led to him developing a fascination with colours and assigning a colour to every new person he meets. However, his world of rainbows turns black and white when he comes across a stranger whom, for the first time, he's unable to assign a colour to. - copyright: all rights reserved.

Shannon Cole has always survived by noticing what others miss. Numbers stick. Faces linger. Conversations don't fade. In the hood, that kind of mind doesn't stay unnoticed-it gets used. Shannon has become a quiet resource, passed between crews whenever something needs remembering, calculating, or confirming. He tells himself it's temporary. Just helping. Just staying afloat. Until everyone wants him. As gangs begin circling closer, access to Shannon turns into competition-and then into risk. Because when too many people want what you know, someone eventually decides you're too valuable to share. Tiger Laurent doesn't compete. He decides. Tiger runs things with calm precision, and when he claims Shannon, it isn't curiosity-it's control. Pulled out of circulation and placed under Tiger's watch, Shannon finds himself safer than he's ever been-and more trapped than he imagined possible. Protection blurs into possession. Use starts to feel permanent. And the more indispensable Shannon becomes, the harder it is to tell whether he's being kept alive... or quietly erased.

𝐌𝐱𝐌𝐱𝐌 A grieving single-dad, and his child trying to find their way...what could go right?

𝙽𝙱𝙰𝚆𝙰𝚃𝙺𝙸𝙽𝚂. [ i would also like to add that i'm using rapper faceclaims, they aren't actually apart of the lgbt+ community. but they are for the sake of this book..] Ⓒ𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐅𝟑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒.✎, 2019