PART ONE
I, once again, went to the
M/M Book Rec Group on Facebook with the question: What are your favorite feel good books?
Of course the list became very long. So, again, I have to break it into parts. This is part one. If you're looking for a book that's going to put a smile on your face, this is a post for you...
Perfect Imperfection by Cardeno C
Blurb:
Hollywood royalty Jeremy Jameson has lived a sheltered life
with music as his sole focus and only friend. Before embarking on yet another
international concert tour, he wanders into a bar in what he considers the
middle of nowhere and meets a man who wins him over with his friendly smile and
easy-going nature. Accountant slash bartender slash adventure-seeker Reg Moore
has fun talking and drinking with The Jeremy Jameson and can’t say no when the
supposedly straight rock star makes him a once in a lifetime offer: keep him
company on his tour by playing the part of his boyfriend.
Listening to music, traveling the world, and jumping off cliffs is fun. Falling
in love is even better. But to stay with Jeremy after the stage lights dim, Reg
will need to help him realize there’s nothing pretend about their relationship.
Frog by Mary Calmes
Blurb:
Weber Yates's dreams of stardom are about to be reduced to a
ranch hand's job in Texas, and his one relationship is with a guy so far out of
his league he might as well be on the moon. Or at least in San Francisco, where
Weber stops to see him one last time before settling down to the humble, lonely
life he figures a frog like him has coming. Cyrus Benning is a successful
neurosurgeon, so details are never lost on him. He spotted the prince in a
broken-down bull rider's clothing from day one. But watching Weber walk out on
him keeps getting harder, and he's not sure how much more his heart can take.
Now Cyrus has one last chance to prove to Weber that it's not Weber's job that
makes him Cyrus's perfect man, it's Weber himself. With the help of his
sister's newly broken family, he's ready to show Weber that the home the man's
been searching for has always been right there, with him. Cyrus might have laid
down an ultimatum once, but now it's turned into a vow-he's never going to let
Weber out of his life again.
Superhero by Eli Easton
Blurb:
It’s not easy for a young gay artist like Jordan Carson to
grow up in Jefferson, Wisconsin, where all anyone seems to care about in middle
school and high school are the sports teams. But Jordan was lucky. He met Owen
Nelson in the second grade, and they’ve been BFFs ever since. Owen is a big,
beautiful blond and their school’s champion wrestler. No one messes with Owen,
or with anyone close to him, and he bucks popular opinion by keeping Jordan as
his wingman even after Jordan comes out at school.
Their friendship survives, but Jordan’s worst enemy may be himself: he can’t
seem to help the fact that he is head-over-heels in love with a hopeless
case—his straight friend, Owen. Owen won’t let anything take Jordan’s
friendship away, but he never counted on Jordan running off to find a life of
his own. Owen will have to face the nature of their relationship if he’s to win
Jordan back.
Cattle Valley Series by Carol Lynne:
Book 1 Blurb:
When a three man partnership becomes too much for their
small Texas town, Ryan Blackfeather knows it’s time to head for greener
pastures. With a new job awaiting him in Cattle Valley, Wyoming, he convinces
his men, Nate and Rio to make the move.
A community built on tolerance, Cattle Valley’s one of the few places in the
country where the residents won’t bat an eyelash at the threesomes
relationship. Nate, Rio and Ryan fit right in. However, with Ryan busy in his
new job as town Sheriff, Rio and Nate are left to wonder how they’re supposed
to make a living. What use are a highly trained mercenary and a private
detective in a peaceful community the size of Cattle Valley?
Farm Series by Andrew Grey
Book 1 blurb:
Geoff is in the city, living the gay life to the hilt, when
his father's death convinces him to return to the family farm. Discovering a
young Amish man asleep in his barn, Geoff learns that Eli is spending a year
away from the community before accepting baptism into the church. Despite their
mutual attraction, Geoff is determined not to become involved with him, but Eli
has discovered that Geoff shares his feelings and begins to court him, neatly
capturing first Geoff's attention and then his heart.
Their budding relationship is threatened by closed-minded, gossipy relatives
and the society at large, a whole new world to Eli, and he must decide whether
to return to the community, his family, and the world and future he knows or to
stay with Geoff and have faith in the power of love.
Loving Jay by Renae Kaye
Blurb:
One thing Liam Turner knows for sure is that he's not
gay—after all, his father makes it very clear he’ll allow no son of his to be
gay. And Liam believes it, until a chance meeting with James “Jay” Bell turns
Liam’s world upside-down. Jay is vivacious and unabashedly gay—from the tips of
his bleached hair to the ends of his polished nails. With a flair for fashion,
overreaction, and an inability to cork his verbal diarrhea, Liam believes drama
queen Jay must have a screw loose.
An accident as a teenager left Liam with a limp and a fear of driving. He can’t
play football anymore either, and that makes him feel like less of a man. But
that’s no reason to question his sexuality... unless the accident broke
something else inside him. When being with Jay causes Liam’s protective
instincts to emerge, Liam starts to believe all he knew in life had been a convenient
excuse to stay hidden. From intolerance to confrontations, Liam must learn to
overcome his fears—and his father—before he can accept his sexuality and truly
love Jay.
Keep Swimming by Kade Boehme
Blurb:
After his partner dumped him with a pregnant surrogate four
years ago, Cary Whitmore was forced to play single parent while starting up a
new business. With the dog bakery now semi-successful and his son healthy, Cary
thinks he may be ready to date again.
Heath Cummings is trying his damnedest to get his charter boat service off the
ground and dreams of one day soon being able to quit his job as an offshore
driller. Paying off his dream requires making it through a couple more years,
which means being open about his sexuality isn't in the cards just yet.
When the two take their flirting to the next level, Cary wonders if he can
handle another guy who might take off, while Heath has to decide if he can risk
his dream of a laid back life—and giving up his long-held and much enjoyed bachelor
status while taking on a child when being a father was never on his to-do list.
Will they sink, or will they keep swimming?
Winter Ball by Amy Lane
Blurb:
Through a miserable adolescence and a lonely adulthood,
Skipper Keith has dreamed of nothing but family. The closest he gets is the rec
league soccer team he coaches after work—and his star player and best friend,
Richie Scoggins.
One brisk night in late October, a postpractice convo in Richie’s car turns
into a sexual encounter neither of them expected—nor want to forget. Soon Skip
and Richie are living for the weekends and their winter league soccer games—and
the games they enjoy off the field. Through broken noses, holiday decorating,
and the killer flu, they learn more about each other than they ever dreamed
possible. Every new discovery takes them further beyond the boundaries of the
soccer field and into the infinite possibilities of the best relationship of
Skipper’s life.
Skipper can’t dream of a better family than Richie—but Richie’s got real family
entanglements he can’t shake off. Skipper needs to convince Richie to stay with
him beyond winter ball so the relationship they started on the field might
become their happy future in real life!
Rescued by Felice Stevens
Blurb:
Ryder Daniels has spent the last year recovering from
rejection: his parents couldn’t accept his sexuality and his lover chose drugs
over his love. The only bright lights in his life are his younger brother and
his rescued pit bull. But now his mother's punishment for his lifestyle has cut
him off from his brother he loves so deeply. Devastated, he throws himself into
the work of the Pit Bull Foundation he and his friends started.
Jason Mallory can no longer hide the dissatisfaction of his relationship with
his longtime girlfriend. When her marriage ultimatum pushes him to break things
off, he's determined not to jump into the dating scene. But when a group of
injured pit bulls are found on his construction site, he can’t forget the guy
who shows up to help.
After Jason adopts one of the dogs, he and Ryder become fast friends—until one
night, Ryder lets down his guard and Jason recognizes his desire. Soon, they
can’t deny the passion between them but will family differences and ugly prejudices
keep them apart, or can they fight to prove that love is precious, no matter
the flavor?
Spirit Sanguine by Lou Harper
Blurb:
Is that a wooden stake in your pocket, or are you just happy
to see me?
After five years in eastern Europe using his unique, inborn skills to slay
bloodsuckers, Gabe is back in his hometown Chicago and feeling adrift. Until
he’s kidnapped by a young, sexy vampire who seems more interested in getting
into his pants than biting into his neck.
Harvey Feng is one-half Chinese, one-hundred-percent vampire. He warns Gabe to
stay out of the Windy City, but somehow he isn’t surprised when the young
slayer winds up on his doorstep. And why shouldn’t Gabe be curious? A
vegetarian vampire isn’t something one sees every day.
Against their better judgment, slayer and vampire succumb to temptation. But
their affair attracts unexpected attention.
When Chicago’s Vampire Boss makes Gabe an offer he can’t refuse, the unlikely
lovers are thrust into peril and mystery in the dark heart of the Windy City.
Together they hunt for kidnappers, a killer preying on young humans, and
vicious vampire junkies.
However, dealing with murderous humans and vampires alike is easy compared to
figuring out if there’s more to their relationship than hot, kinky sex.
Warning: Fangalicious man-on-man action, a troublesome twink, cross-dressing
vampiress, and role-playing involving a fedora.
PART TWO COMING SOON!
