TITLE: ⟫ Stick LessonsAUTHOR: ⟫ Crea Reitan SERIES: ⟫ For Puck’s Sake Book #7RATING: ⟫ /5 BLURB: ⟫ Everyone should learn how to handle a stick. Atty High school sweethearts, dream wedding, exotic honeymoon, white picket fence, two and a half kids… that’s the dream. My prescribed future. Except, I don’t want any of that. When me and my on/off girlfriend of fifteen years finally call it quits for good, I decide that I’m ready for a new beginning.

TITLE: ⟫ Hunting Asher GambleAUTHOR: ⟫ Adira August SERIES: ⟫ Related to Matchstick MenRATING: ⟫ /5 BLURB: ⟫ FOR 20 YEARS THE GOVERNMENT RESEARCHED PSYCHIC ABILITY. THEY SPENT THE NEXT 20 TRYING TO CONVINCE US THERE WAS NO SUCH THING. Now, due to the secret experiments of a courageous scientist and the evidence of a 14-year-old psychic medium, the truth is about to explode across social media,That cannot be allowed. Detective Lieutenant Hunter Dane and his Unit disagree. REVIEW: ⟫ Currently reading – review to follow.

TITLE: ⟫ Forbidden OmegaAUTHOR: ⟫ Jena Wade & Aria Grace SERIES: ⟫ Mated in the Mafia Book #2RATING: ⟫ 3.5/5 BLURB: ⟫ Louie knew Connor was different from the beginning. As a member of the harem, the whole family has access to Connor, but Louie staked his claim early on so none of the alphas go near him.

TITLE: ⟫ Coach Stare DownAUTHOR: ⟫ Crea Reitan SERIES: ⟫ For Puck’s Sake #6RATING: ⟫ 4/5 BLURB: ⟫ Adak After a series of relationships where I’ve been made to feel inadequate because of my asexuality, I’ve made the sole focus of my life my coaching career. I love hockey - the chill of the ice, the fast paced, high stress game.

TITLE: ⟫ The Dead Don’t TalkAUTHOR: ⟫ Rae Stone SERIES: ⟫ Mayhem Manuscripts Season One: Book #7RATING: ⟫ /5 BLURB: ⟫ A decade ago, I was made a promise. Now, I get to watch him make the same one twice. 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁. 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝗙𝘂𝗰𝗸. That’s all I’ve ever aimed for in this life. All I’ve ever needed to keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep moving forward.

TITLE: ⟫ King of LiesAUTHOR: ⟫ H.L. Day SERIES: ⟫ Mayhem Manuscripts Season One: 1nf3ction Book #6RATING: ⟫ 4.5/5 BLURB: ⟫ Two headstrong men. One broken world. And a connection that could destroy—or redeem—them both. AUGUST They say the world was better before the Red Rain―before the skies grew toxic and the virus transformed people into mindless savages.

TITLE: ⟫ Call to the DevilAUTHOR: ⟫ B Ripley SERIES: ⟫ Mayhem Manuscripts Season One: Book #5RATING: ⟫ 4/5 BLURB: ⟫ Bright Haven is my flock and I am their Blessed Lamb. Under the guidance of our Father, I lead our congregation for the glory of the Lord. Seeking salvation from the rot that has set in across the country, we cleanse those who sin against us in the red rains, offering them a chance at God’s forgiveness.

TITLE: ⟫ All Your DaysAUTHOR: ⟫ Ali Woods SERIES: ⟫ Mayhem Manuscripts Season 1: 1nf3ction Book #4RATING: ⟫ /5 BLURB: ⟫ EliBuilt a century ago as a secret research facility in the middle of the Australian Outback, The Facility is the only home I’ve ever known—and I’m grateful for it. We have food, water, and guards to protect us from the infected.

TITLE: ⟫ Wingman ScoreAUTHOR: ⟫ Crea Reitan SERIES: ⟫ For Puck’s Sake Book #5RATING: ⟫ /5 BLURB: ⟫ It’s time to score. Zak When you fight for so long, sometimes it’s just easier to give in. I want to give in to the god before me. Sent to me from the heavens, Owen is the very definition of divine perfection.

TITLE: ⟫ The CreaseAUTHOR: ⟫ Crea Reitan SERIES: ⟫ For Puck’s Sake Book #4RATING: ⟫ 4.5/5 BLURB: ⟫ Always protect the heart of the ice.Max This wasn’t supposed to happen to me. I’m supposed to be at the top of my career. Untouchable. Worshiped. Finally proving to all the jerks in my life that I made it.

TITLE: ⟫ Lucky ShotAUTHOR: ⟫ Crea Reitan SERIES: ⟫ For Puck’s Sake #4RATING: ⟫ 4/5 BLURB: ⟫ The entire game can be determined by a lucky shot. PrettyInLace Even a gay athlete has an appearance to uphold. There are a handful out in every sport and while every trashy magazine wants to get the scoop on what the gays are up to, looking for a scandal and a way to ruin us, every one of us is constantly on our best behavior.

TITLE: ⟫ ObliteratedAUTHOR: ⟫ N Boeyer SERIES: ⟫ Mayhem Manuscripts Season 1: 1nf3ction Book #3RATING: ⟫ /5 BLURB: ⟫ MAX They fear me. Worship me. Call me an abomination. I’ve earned my freedom a dozen times in The Pit, but I keep going back. Because violence is my church, and blood is the only thing that makes me feel alive.

TITLE: ⟫ Project FUAUTHOR: ⟫ Crea Reitan SERIES: ⟫ Longwood University Book #3RATING: ⟫ 4/5 BLURB: ⟫ When you fall in love with the wrong Davenport… Nolan I’ve spent my college career editing adult videos but never has one hit me as hard as seeing my girlfriend of sixteen months with the football team. Needless to say, I’m devastated.

TITLE: ⟫ Wicked ConfessionsAUTHOR: ⟫ Crea Reitan SERIES: ⟫ Longwood University Book #2RATING: ⟫ 4/5 BLURB: ⟫ What started as a job has led to some frightening confessions. Edin One mistake can ruin your life. I learned that at fifteen when my hormones got the best of me and I was landed with an unwanted pregnancy.

TITLE: ⟫ Rumor Has ItAUTHOR: ⟫ Crea Reitan SERIES: ⟫ Longwood University Book #1RATING: ⟫ 4/5 BLURB: ⟫ The shiver of something new… Dak I don’t know what it is about this man that has captivated me like no one else. It’s made me question everything I think I know about myself. But that’s fine - I’ll obsess from afar until I graduate and move on with my life.

TITLE: ⟫ Bonded to the Alpha (Book #1)AUTHOR: ⟫ Robin MorayRATING: ⟫ /5 BLURB: ⟫ Bonded mates are rare, and every wolf knows that the killing of a bond-mate is punishable by death. But nineteen-year-old Callum is fully human, woefully ignorant of Pack Law, and when an accidental encounter with a frenzied beta leaves the wolf dead and Callum battered but alive, he finds himself facing the wrath of the pack—until the dead wolf’s mate invokes the right to claim Callum as his own.

TITLE: ⟫ Changed: Mated to the Alien AlphaAUTHOR: ⟫ Robin Moray SERIES: ⟫ The Omega Colony Book #1RATING: ⟫ 3/5 BLURB: ⟫ The Company said Omega IV was uninhabited. They said Omega IV was safe.They were wrong. The giant humanoid inhabitants of Omega IV are conditioned to the Change—a biological event in their development that designates them altha or amekha—but for the new colony of humans, the Change comes as an unpleasant surprise.

TITLE: ⟫ Nursing the AlphaAUTHOR: ⟫ Gianni HolmesRATING: ⟫ 3.5/5 BLURB: ⟫ It started with a contract.I'd express my milk for what I thought was a family in need.No names. No questions. No strings.Just a big check. Then I found out the truth.The man buying my milk isn't a stranger.He's someone I know.

TITLE: ⟫ Late BloomerAUTHOR: ⟫ Morgan HawesRATING: ⟫ 4.5/5 BLURB: ⟫ After a rough start, Malcolm Roy III has cleaned up his act, gotten (mostly) sober, and now stands to inherit his family's wealth and his father’s business. But Malcolm has a secret: he's spent the last ten years on dangerous suppressants. After collapsing at work, and on his doctor's orders, Malcolm has cut them out completely.

TITLE: ⟫ RottenAUTHOR: ⟫ Bree Wiley SERIES: ⟫ Mayhem Manuscripts Season One: 1nf3ction Book #2RATING: ⟫ 4.5/5 BLURB: ⟫ Surviving is all I’ve ever known.Abandoned young, I was left to fend for myself in a place ruled by fear and control. Silver runs everything—rations, medicine, currency—and those like me, carriers of the infection, are treated less than human.

TITLE: ⟫ Ash on the TongueAUTHOR: ⟫ Lee McCormick SERIES: ⟫ Mayhem Manuscripts Season One : 1nf3ction Book #1RATING: ⟫ 4.5/5 BLURB: ⟫ Humans were always monsters, the rain just gave them an excuse. Aubrey The infected didn’t break me. They didn’t capture me for experiments and use me like an object. Humanity made me into the monster I am.

Every month, I post a round up of the books I have read and reviewed. They will mostly be M/M books, but occasionally something a little different slips in. These are the books I have read in September 2025. Books are sourced through Gay Romance Reviews, Foreword PR, Indie Author Creative, Booksprout, BookSirens, Author ARCs and Kindle Unlimited but although some books are gifted, all views are my own honest opinion.

TITLE: ⟫ Night CallAUTHOR: ⟫ C T Whistle SERIES: ⟫ Omegaverse Case Files #2RATING: ⟫ /5 BLURB: ⟫ Silent Witness meets shifters in this steamy, high stakes omegaverse detective novel. Pember McArthur’s life is falling apart, one horribly unhinged mother at a time. With no pack, few friends and even fewer family, he must learn to survive as a lone omega in a town that’s still reeling from a recent sex trafficking scandal.

TITLE: ⟫ Hammer & GavelAUTHOR: ⟫ C T Whistle SERIES: ⟫ Part #1 of the Omegaverse Case FilesRATING: ⟫ /5 BLURB: ⟫ Hot Fuzz meets shifters, meets buddy cop romance in this sexy, high-stakes M/M omegaverse detective novel. Detective Constable Oliver Reed enjoys two things in life; tea with biscuits and catching bad guys. For twenty nine years he has walked the tightrope between alpha and omega, but that rope is about to snap when one chilly January afternoon he crosses paths with the devastatingly handsome alpha, Detective Sergeant Lucas White.

TITLE: ⟫ Skin DeepAUTHOR: ⟫ L Eveland SERIES: ⟫ Wayward Sons #2RATING: ⟫ /5 BLURB: ⟫ I’ll protect what’s mine, even if it tears this family apart. My life is a mess, a nightmare for a man obsessed with cleanliness. As the eldest, it’s my job to protect my murderous brothers while maintaining appearances as a successful plastic surgeon.