Satisfaction Guaranteed is an f/f romcom about two women -- one an uptight New Yorker and one a freewheeling Portlander -- who jointly inherit a sex toy emporium.
The Arden St. Ives trilogy (How to Bang a Billionaire and its sequels) by Alexis Hall is a m/m kinky billionaire romance. Think "50 Shades but make it queer and not awful or creepy".
For Real, also by Alexis Hall, is a BDSM m/m romance. A jaded sub who is sick of the scene meets a young, would-be dom who he just can't resist.
Docile, by K.M. Szpara, is near-future speculative fiction. Debt has been made heritable and debtors' prisons have been reinstituted. To avoid prison, debtors can sell themselves into service contracts as "Dociles". Elisha sells his services as a personal Docile (aka sex slave) to Alex. What follows is a sexy, sometimes disturbing, but fascinatingly layered examination of the meaning of consent and what happens when true consent is impossible. cw: noncon.
The Charioteer, by Mary Renault, is a perennial Yuletide m/m fandom. A soldier in a hospital recovering from his injuries at Dunkirk meets and falls in love with an idealistic conscientious objector, but also stumbles onto the local gay scene where he meets some much more experienced men. This was written shortly after the war so it is very circumspect in its language but rewards close reading.
Seven of the eight K.J. Charles works in the event are queer (almost all m/m, one m/enby, one f/f) historical romances. Charles consistently includes POC rep, trans rep, and an actual engagement with historical events in her work. Band Sinister is a standalone Regency m/m romance with a significant poly (m/m/m) component. The England Series is Edwardian with one f/f and one m/m volume. The Will Darling Adventures is a delicious post-WW I spy romp (m/m with an f/f side couple). The Charm of Magpies series is Victorian m/m fantasy. The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting is a Regency m/m standalone. The Lilywhite Boys series is Victorian with one m/m and one m/f work. The Sins of the Cities series is Victorian melodrama, 2 m/m volumes and one m/enby and includes POC, neurodivergent, and disabled rep among the romantic leads.
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The Arden St. Ives trilogy (How to Bang a Billionaire and its sequels) by Alexis Hall is a m/m kinky billionaire romance. Think "50 Shades but make it queer and not awful or creepy".
For Real, also by Alexis Hall, is a BDSM m/m romance. A jaded sub who is sick of the scene meets a young, would-be dom who he just can't resist.
Docile, by K.M. Szpara, is near-future speculative fiction. Debt has been made heritable and debtors' prisons have been reinstituted. To avoid prison, debtors can sell themselves into service contracts as "Dociles". Elisha sells his services as a personal Docile (aka sex slave) to Alex. What follows is a sexy, sometimes disturbing, but fascinatingly layered examination of the meaning of consent and what happens when true consent is impossible. cw: noncon.
The Charioteer, by Mary Renault, is a perennial Yuletide m/m fandom. A soldier in a hospital recovering from his injuries at Dunkirk meets and falls in love with an idealistic conscientious objector, but also stumbles onto the local gay scene where he meets some much more experienced men. This was written shortly after the war so it is very circumspect in its language but rewards close reading.
Seven of the eight K.J. Charles works in the event are queer (almost all m/m, one m/enby, one f/f) historical romances. Charles consistently includes POC rep, trans rep, and an actual engagement with historical events in her work. Band Sinister is a standalone Regency m/m romance with a significant poly (m/m/m) component. The England Series is Edwardian with one f/f and one m/m volume. The Will Darling Adventures is a delicious post-WW I spy romp (m/m with an f/f side couple). The Charm of Magpies series is Victorian m/m fantasy. The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting is a Regency m/m standalone. The Lilywhite Boys series is Victorian with one m/m and one m/f work. The Sins of the Cities series is Victorian melodrama, 2 m/m volumes and one m/enby and includes POC, neurodivergent, and disabled rep among the romantic leads.