Looking for your next read? I’ve got you covered with 6 recommendations to jump start your TBR. Here are a few of my favorite, amazing gay romance/gay fiction reads!

Broken by Nicola Haken

mental health rep, angst, love

Just a little fun – that’s what James tells himself. He can’t afford to care for someone who can never reciprocate, not once they find out who he really is. James believes nobody deserves the burden of being attached to him. He’s a complicated man. Damaged. Difficult. Demanding.

Broken.

Is Theodore strong enough to confront James’ demons? More importantly, is James?

Read it or listen on Amazon/Audible!

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Kage by Maris Black

dark bi awakening mma/journalist

Kage is an MMA fighter. A famous one. I like to think I helped him get that way.

He’s charming as hell, with looks to rival any movie star and talent to back it up. So why did he need to hire me as an intern Publicist? Simple. He has a darkness in him– like a black hole so deep it could swallow him, and me, and everyone we know– and that’s not good for business.

The first time I met him, I felt the pull. I think the addiction began at that very moment. And even if I’d known then what I know now, I would have fallen for him. How could I not?

For me, Kage is everything.

This trilogy is available on Amazon and on audio. (You can also buy the box set of the first three books for only $9.99 — which I highly recommend, because it’s an addictive AF series.)

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Alpha Unleashed: Two Werewolves for Sebastian by DJ Heart

MMM d/s big alphas & mates

What do you do when a cocky werewolf alpha with a dominant streak a mile wide chooses you to be his mate?

Sebastian’s first instinct is to run for the hills. His second is to wish that Viggo had asked him on a date like a normal person. If the muscle-bound stud had approached him at a bar and offered to buy him a drink, Sebastian would have followed him home like a lust-drunk puppy, no questions asked.

But there will be no dating or offers of drinks for Sebastian. He took the cash from the werewolf mating program, knowing full well that a werewolf might someday claim him, and now the consequences of that decision have come back to bite him in the ass.

Literally.

Grab this thicc, sexy book on Amazon!

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Under His Heel: A Dark, Toxic, M/M Romance by Adara Wolf

toxic, codependent “love,” humiliation, stockholm syndrome

Alex figures it’ll be an easy five years as a bondservant when Captain Tracht takes on his contract.

Except beneath that calm, controlled demeanor is a sadist, and Tracht delights in humiliating Alex at every turn. Alex is trapped, and the only way through this is to give Tracht what he wants.

The manipulation, pain, tears, and torture will break Alex—unless he starts to enjoy it. Unless he bends to Tracht’s will, and forgets about getting out of this at all.

Because no matter how hard Alex struggles, Tracht always gets what he wants.

Find the first of four books on Amazon and get addicted now!

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Bad Things (Fault Lines Book 2) by Varian Krylov

contemporary stockholm syndrome & all the dubcon

Carson suspects he’s playing a risky game with dangerous men. But the lies are convincing, especially when they’re slipped to him among hundred dollar bills. He never guessed how big and dark the secret hidden under all the lies and money could be. And he has no idea he’s not the predator, but the prey, until it’s too late.

And you can’t beg for mercy when there’s a gag in your mouth.

But when Carson escapes from Xavier’s trap, he’s forced to accept that Xavier is far from his most dangerous enemy. Xavier may even hold the key to overcoming the painful past that has kept Carson prisoner for almost two decades.

This book is technically #2 in the Faultlines trilogy, but it can be read as a standalone.

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Max (Max, the Series Book 1)  by Bey Deckard

a dark, dirty mindfuck. calling it a romance is a stretch, but…

Fresh out of school, Dr. Crane takes on a new patient who both intrigues and unnerves him. Charming, manipulative, and amoral, Max has exactly the sort of mind Crane finds himself drawn to with fictional characters. As Max weaves himself into Crane’s life, Crane realizes that while fiction might be safe, Max certainly is not. When the professional line between them thins, who gets to define where one man ends and the other begins?

Grab the first book right now if you’re prepared for a read, psychological read.

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Thanks for joining me this week on the first edition of Raissa Reads! I look forward to bringing you more recs soon!