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BEFORE I DIE, I PRAY TO BE BORN | ✓

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Reads 14,454
Votes 1,509
Parts 55
Time 10h 6m

Mature

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 run into each other at a party in Oxford have become equally disenchanted imitations of the boys who used to spend summers eating stolen 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?


     [man×enby]
     [literary fiction romance]

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The Hots (mxm)

This story is complete ✅ Alec is a twenty-five year old gentle boy with the looks of an angel. He has not figured out what he needs in love yet and has never had a relationship. But something urges him to act, or rather someone, a person who is his total opposite. Sam is intimidating. He is tall enough to be a basketball player, muscular, covered in tattoos, and quick tempered. Most people prefer to keep a distance startled by his menacing glares. What will happen when these two distant poles collide? One thing is for sure, it will get unbearably hot... and funny. * This book depicts a manxman love story. It includes several graphic intimate scenes and is rated mature. Those chapters will be marked as XXX. Please read only if you are comfortable with the topic and of appropriate age. * Enjoy! Read, comment, and be free to express yourself. All opinions are highly appreciated. Best ranking so far: #1 in lgbtfiction July 2023 #1 in sweet April 2023 #1 in passion March 2022 #1 in hotboys Oct 2021 #1 in fallingforthebadboy Nov 2021 #2 in secretadmirer July 2023 #2 in firstlove Oct 2022 #3 in cute Nov 2021 #3 in bxblove Dec 2021 #4 in shy Jan 2022 #4 in gayboys Nov 2021 #4 in fallinginloveagain Nov 2021 #6 in gaylove July 2022 #7 in malexmale Feb 2023 #10 in bxb July 2022 #10 in cuteboys Nov 2021 #10 in gayromance July 2023 #13 in mxm June 2023 #14 in love July 2022 #15 in manxman Feb 2023 #22 in gay July 2023 #26 in seduction March 2022 #32 in lgbt Sept 2023 #37 in tattoos March 2022 #46 in texttospeech Sept 2023 Disclaimer: All images are intended only to illustrate the content. They are licensed stock photos posed by models, who has no relation to the story. All people and events in this book are fictional.