Romance Books For Men

Books and book covers for both books aimed primarily for men with a strong romantic (or erotic) focus or books otherwise likely to interest them. I'm on Threads Too! Reddit: Romance For Men

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Big City Goth GF is written by Kirk Mason and narrated by Savannah Thomas.

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Suddenly, going into work ain't so bad.

In a world like ours—except there's elves and goblins, so way better—Michael is dealing with some very human problems. He just fired his useless nephew as his tomb-raiding assistant.

On top of that, his uncle's fallen ill, so he's got to uproot his life to look after the business, an antique shop in the city. It's full of artifacts from the age of heroes. Swords, gems, and helmets galore.

There's just one hitch. There's only one employee, and she's a moody goth.

Fortunately, Serena the half-elf is a babe...but she's also completely insane. Her moody attitude soon warps into scary obsession, though that could come in handy when they have to work together to save the city from the grips of an evil relic's spell.

And if they succeed…can he fix her, or will they make each other worse?

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Our Own Way 2

Our Own Way 2, by Misty Vixen. Audio version narrated by Melanie Hastings. --

Life sucks less when you're finding your way with two loving, beautiful women.

In a few short weeks, Gabe's life has changed completely. He went from working nightmare jobs and living with awful roommates to a small studio apartment that was intended to be all his own to renting a house on a quiet street and sharing it with the woman of his dreams as he began to seriously pursue his ideal job.

But the changes are far from over.

Gabe now finds himself in the company of a staggeringly attractive redhead, Holly. For all her beauty, she is shy, awkward, and at just as unhappy a place in her life as he was not all that long ago. And, with Ellen's encouragement, he begins to seriously pursue her, looking for something more romantic and permanent.

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Otherworld Academy (5 book series) Kindle Edition (amazon.com)

Levi Walker was a pretty ordinary college student. He decided to take a walk in the rain after one-to-many conversations with his roommate and disaster struck. When he woke, he found himself in the dimension of Taryl. Sadly, for Levi, that didn't mean he was done with school, but it did mean he had the chance to learn some magic.

Turns out Taryl is home to the Academy, a huge, sprawling castle where the Reincarnation Network sends those souls born with a natural affinity for powerful magics. Despite being from Earth, they promise him that it's no accident that he's there. Now he's got the opportunity to learn magic, make friends, and get the hell away from his roommate.

With strange technology developed to work off mana vapor, crystals, and gears, the Academy is a wild place. Things just get wilder when he meets his future tutor, the beautiful Nox Willowbrook. Levi will have to adjust fast if he doesn't want to end up spending the rest of his new life confused. Fortunately, he's always been a quick study.

This series is only for those 18 and above. Contains unconventional relationships, sexual encounters, magical combat, and interdimensional horrors waiting to eat the unwary.

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Dark Lord of the Farmstead, by John Broadway. Audiobook narrated by Jonathan Waters and Jessica Threet.

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Once feared as the Dark Lord, I now seek a fresh start as a humble farmer.

Isekaied into a level 86 Necromancer-King's body, I leave his life of war behind in favor of peace in the idyllic Borderlands. Upon meeting the elven maiden Narya Summerdew and a razor-toothed half-elven child, the three of us form an unlikely improvised family in the hopes of remaining anonymous.

As we embrace the eccentric community of Gelderham, we find happiness in simplicity…But my past casts shadows on our growing bonds. How will Narya react when she learns her new husband was once the evil king set on destroying her people?

In this heartwarming tale of farms, villages, side quests, and level progression, unexpected bonds help a trio of charming characters learn the importance of love and family as secrets are unveiled and hearts are healed.

Dark Lord of the Farmstead is a cozy slice-of-life LitRPG. Enjoy a wholesome story fit for people who enjoy slow life fantasies with lower-than-average stakes and fun but flawed characters that you can’t help but fall in love with.

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Mastering Magic III, by Kirk Mason. Audiobook narrated by Savannah Thomas.

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The magical world is collapsing, and I was supposed to be running a magic store.

Underneath the academy halls, a power lies dormant.

A glowing purple aura, pulsing with energy, cries out for...me.

When I first approached it, I found myself floating in the air, the mana nearly torn out of me. Thankfully, my beautiful girls brought me back. No way I'm going down there again.

I'm the most powerful magi there is, and something down there wants me for themself. Is it the goddess of magic, Divinity, trying to reclaim what was given? We can't afford to find out. Yet, we need to deal with it.

Meanwhile, legions of regular folk are angry at us for having what they cannot.

It's up to me to lead the magi and sort out this mess, but I'm not alone. Sophia's position as headmaster of the academy will come in handy, and Misty...well, she's still a hot goth babe.

And then maybe we can get back to the shop. Battlebabe Blair and ginger Frenchie Charlotte still haven't seen it.

There might not be a shop left when all this is through....

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Bikini Days by Michael Dalton. A poly contemporary romance. With easter eggs for readers of the authors urban fantasy stories.

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After a decade as a single dad, I thought I had life figured out. I put my broken heart on the shelf to raise my daughter Maddie, and watching her grow into a confident, successful woman has been reward enough.

Still, life has a way of throwing curves at you – the kind of curves that will get any guy’s attention.

When Maddie’s best friends Lexie and Olivia find themselves homeless after losing their apartment, there’s no question I’m going to offer them refuge. They were there for Maddie during our darkest hours, and it’s my turn to be there for them now.

But I’m not prepared for what they bring – what it means to be drawn to two beautiful women half my age, let alone two women who’ve been part of Maddie’s life for so long. I know the chemistry is mutual, but Lexie and Olivia have their own wounds to heal. It’s clear they need the kind of support only an experienced guy like me can give them.

Do I dare take that step? Do I risk what it could do to Maddie, who’s been the center of my universe until now?

As the attraction between the three of us intensifies, I have to balance what family really means against an unconventional passion that could upset everything.

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Neural Wraith 3 by K.D. Robertson. Audiobook narrated by Stephanie Savannah.

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Neo Babylon's neural implants are iconic—and are now implicated in a mass murder that threatens the foundation of the city.

Detective Nick Waite finds himself struggling with the case. He's spent his entire life without a neural implant, excluded from the Altnet, and now needs to investigate a crime steeped in it.

Nick will need to rely heavily on his subordinates, the city's elite police Archangels. Unfortunately, the deployment of the new prototype, Ezekiel, is threatening to cause a schism in their ranks if he doesn't intervene.

Tensions rise almost by the hour while he investigates. Babylon's corporate overlords are at each other's throats while its people stage virtual protests. If the tensions boil over before Nick identifies the culprit, the city's dark history might repeat itself.

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Neural Wraith 2 by K.D. Robertson. Audiobook narrated by Stephanie Savannah.

Listening to the audio version, well narrated by Stephanie Savannah.

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Finance isn't detective Nick Waite’s strong suit, but he’s learning fast as he investigates the cover-up of a murder inside Neo Babylon’s oldest bank.

The winds of conspiracy whirl around him, and everyone from the police commissioner to gang lords warn him to step back.

Taking the easy way out isn’t in his nature, however. He’s gotten where he is by being stubborn and a chance to knock a corrupt bank down a peg is too good to pass up.

But all isn’t well with his partners, the police’s elite Archangels. A new prototype model is about to be deployed, and she has her own views on humanity to force on her brethren. Nick feels more like an AI whisperer than a detective some days.

Through it all, the city continues to smolder like a powder keg ready to blow. This case will determine more than the fate of a few banking executives.

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Rose, book five of Would You Love a Monster Girl?, by Cebelius.

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Let not your heart be troubled …

Cyril woke up in a hospital bed with a ruined body and no memory of how it happened. His only chance at a normal life was agreeing to a splicer's experiment with a twisted condition: he was forbidden to learn the circumstances surrounding his injuries.

Rose saved a life and wound up exiled from her gang, friendless and broke in Oolytau. Given an out by a notorious mob boss, she found herself in the Tracts working with a man who might be everything she never knew she needed.

Yet, the past has a way of shaping the future, and both would have to confront it in the wilderness with few friends and little hope of rescue. Rose would face the fight of her life, while Cyril must come to terms with the fact that non-humans are - first and last - monsters.

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The Last of Her Kind by Annabelle Hawthorne. Audiobook narrated by Amber Lee Connors and Kieran Flitton.

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A soldier without a home.

A librarian with a deadly secret.

A pair of ruthless monster hunters.

Ever since returning from Vietnam, Darren has been haunted by the ghosts of his past. A chance encounter with a small-town sheriff lands him a handyman job at the local library, as well as hope that his wandering days may be over. Ana is the town librarian. She, too, is running from the past. Content to be left alone, she becomes alarmed when Darren sets off her urge to reproduce, a desire that always comes with fatal consequences.

An already difficult situation is made worse when a pair of hunters from a mysterious organization arrive in town with one goal; making sure Ana remains the last of her kind.

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Master Class 2 by Virgil Knightley and Annabelle Hawthorne. To be published on May 2, 2023.

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After surviving a harsh winter, Eli finds himself in a unique situation when a long-lost dungeon is discovered on the property. It could be the perfect proving ground for the students who have earned their Class, but it could also become their tomb.

It also doesn't help that the town of Last Stop is in danger. The Edgelands are creeping in and gobbling up entire cities overnight. With nowhere else to take the children, it's up to Eli to come up with a solution to both problems that only a Master Enchanter could accomplish. With the love of a few good women by his side, anything is possible.

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Knight’s Bane, by Kirk Mason. To be released April 1st, 2023.

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Me? Become a knight and fall in love with a beautiful vampire? If you say so.”

William was just a simple villager: milking cows, tending fields, and dodging his mother's wooden spoon.

Circumstances found him fending off goblins with a shovel, fighting side by side with a damn prince. Next, he kneeled before the king, and a sword was tapped over his shoulders. William had hoped for a monetary reward, not to be made a knight!

Someone else was in the forbidden forest that night, witnessing his prowess with interest. They’d later watch him wield a sword, wearing blood-soaked armor adorned with a virgin crest.

William was on an important quest. As if fighting the barbarian army wasn’t enough.

In a manor, hidden in the forest, Beatrice was tormented by her clan-family. They mocked her solitude and her refusal to drink human blood.

Like a princess trapped in a tower, she whiled away the time playing the piano, reading, and longing. But she was no princess, just a lady from a forgotten house.

One fateful night away from the manor, she wondered who the oaf was bumbling through herforest, assaulting goblins and seeking witches for a fool's errand. Beatrice’s clan-family would not be pleased to learn of her new interest.

And how would William complete his quest, despite its obvious hopelessness?

They might help each other…

Knight’s Bane features a sweet, monogamous romance arc and some sizzling scenes. There’s humor, heart, battles, shovels, and a few adorably fluffy familiars.

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Low-Key Calamities by Elliott Kay. A new short story collection that includes six new short stories set in the Good Intentions universe.

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A skirmish in space can scar just as deeply as the fleet battles. Freeing a valley from a corrupt king only opens the land to darker threats. And grand theft auto gets a lot messier when the car belongs to a literal demon.

A small crisis is still a crisis.

LOW-KEY CALAMITIES contains fourteen novelettes and short stories from the series Poor Man’s Fight, Good Intentions, and Wandering Monsters. Collectively they include explicit violence, explicit sex, profanity, defenestrations, espionage, backstabbing, murder, blasphemy, poison, lingerie, public indecency, arguable war crimes, condescension, identity theft, asphyxiation, vigilantism, sabotage, a fart joke, anti-necromantic prejudice, intentional food poisoning, counter-weaponization of stereotypes, deceit, assassination, incitement to riot, disrespect for the dead, abuse of kitchen staff, conspiracy, arson, grand theft auto, breaking and entering, a lost bat, unauthorized dormitory residents, drug use, lies, bickering, punching, leering, kicking, body slams, analysis of adult film, mild hallucinations, paranoia, military “intelligence,” performative charity, genuine charity, talking behind people’s backs, angry essay writing, oral sex, mishandling of explosives, violations of Rules of Engagement, destruction of church property, insensitivity, poor leadership skills, ambushes, grave robbery, insults, family feuding, unintended threats, urban warfare, resentful internal monologues, a carefully bland lunch, and vomiting in front of the boss.

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A Romance For Men Booklist

Not that I'm endorsing the whole list, but the reddit community devoted to romance media for men has been gathering up a list of books they feel worth looking at.

Anyway, I'm sure many will find it helpful or have suggestions to add to the list. It can be checked out here...

r/Romance_for_men - Recommendation List V2 Now Available

16 votes and 3 comments so far on Reddit

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For a while now I have a tried to collate a list of paranormal or fantasy romance books where the main romance involves a main male character (MMC) who is a normal human and a female main character (FMC) who is a supernatural or alien character.

I used to do it on Goodreads, but some administration issues (needed to be a ‘Librarian’ to edit the list being one) has me updating it more frequently on LibraryThing, which I prefer anyway.

LibraryThing catalogs yours books online, easily, quickly and for free.

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Nice Dragons Finish Last, book one of Heartstrikers, by Rachel Aaron. Audiobook narrated by Vikas Adam.

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As the smallest dragon in the Heartstriker clan, Julius survives by a simple code: keep quiet, don't cause trouble, and stay out of the way of bigger dragons. But this meek behavior doesn't fly in a family of ambitious magical predators, and his mother, Bethesda the Heartstriker, has finally reached the end of her patience. Now, sealed in his human form and banished to the DFZ--a vertical metropolis built on the ruins of Old Detroit--Julius has one month to prove he can be a ruthless dragon or kiss his true shape goodbye forever. But in a city of modern mages and vengeful spirits where dragons are considered monsters to be exterminated, he's going to need some serious help to survive this test. He only hopes humans are more trustworthy than dragons... (Nice Dragons Finish Last is an urban fantasy set 90 years in the future - featuring a kind protagonist, a kick-ass female mage, and more grumpy dragons than you can shake a stick at.) Winner of the 2015 Audie Audio Book Award in Fantasy! Start the series that won back-to-back RT Magazine Reviewers' Choice Awards!

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Elvish, book one of the Elvish trilogy, by S.G Prince. Audiobook narrated by Daniel Thomas May.

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It's against the law for elves and humans to fall in love. But laws can be broken.

When Venick is caught wandering the elflands, he knows the penalty is death. Desperate, he lies about his identity in hopes the elves will spare his life.

Ellina doesn't trust the human, and not merely because he speaks the language of men. Men lie. In elvish, however, lying is impossible. In a moment of intuition, Ellina decides to give Venick a chance: learn elvish, reveal his truths, and she will set him free.

That is not, of course, what happens.

As Ellina and Venick grow to know one another, their feelings start to shift. Then Venick uncovers a dark secret, and suddenly the fate of the elflands seems to rest in his hands. But every choice comes with consequences, and Venick must decide if it's worth risking his life to protect a race that hates him, all to save an elf he's not allowed to love.