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Jay is a New Zealand author of mm romance and romantic suspense mostly set in NZ. She’s owned by a huge Maine Coon and a gorgeous Cocker Spaniel.

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🖤💙 FOOD as a love language 🍓🍬🍳🥘
Food is how he says "I love you" ❤
When he shows love by cooking for him, feeding him and indulging his every craving.

*All images are used for illustrative purposes only and they belong to their respective owners.
Edits are mine, images are not.

#readlikecosy #foodasalovelanguage #bookrecs #myedits #cravings

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October 25-31 is Ace Week and I have a book with two ace characters coming out this week 💜 👉 It’s called The Power of Attorney.

There are so many awesome books with ace and demi characters and here are some of my favs!

#mmromance #romancebookrecs #emotionalromance #kindleunlimitedromance #romancereadersofinstagram

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More rugby romances are coming… consider your TBR warning. 🏉 (authors are tagged so you can follow them and not miss the releases!)

🏉 Inside Pass by Jay Hogan (@jayhoganauthor )
MM • November 19, 2026

🏉 Match Fit by Leesa Ronald (@leesaronaldwrites )
MF • December 1, 2026

🏉 Perfect Disaster by Charlie Novak (@charlienovakauthor )
MM • January 26, 2027 direct from the author; February 9, 2027 on Amazon/KU

🏉 The Madam and Her Hooker by Tanvier Peart (@tanvierwrites )
MF • December 30, 2026

🏉 Try Again Later by Jemma Croft (@jemma_croft )
MM • AUDIOBOOK coming January 26, 2027. (Ebook and print already available!)

🏉 Out of Your League by Portia MacIntosh (@portiamacintoshauthor )
MF • November 13, 2026

Which one are you adding first?

#rugbyromance #sportsromance #mmromance #contemporaryromance #upcomingreleases

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“All In” releases today and I couldn´t be happier that these amazing authors are participating in my little online release party. 🥳 Authors I looked up to for years, people, who have to read my books professionally (🤭), people, who I only met this year, authors whose books I love said yes to me and my little party in this corner of the internet. 💕 And they brought a surprise for you. 🎁📚

An amazing collection of MM Romance stories (see second slide):

@jpsayle_author (Jupiter´s Jewel)
@author.leona.bolt (Play Mates)
@emmawritessmut (Goalie Oriented)
@mimireads.mimiwrites (Butterfly)
@helenjwrites (Igniting his Flame)
@wendyhawthornewrites (Connection from Chicago)
@authorsoniablue (Addicted)
@authorcaseymorales (Crimson)
@val.turner.writes (London Lights Jesse & Ash)
@author_ajkyler (The Switched-Up Playbook, The Wallflower´s Playbook)
@kc_carmine (The Blindfold Date)
@jayhoganauthor (Crossing the Touchline)
@authortoddbtrees (Heart of Coal)

Thank you all so much for participating! 🫂💗

To enter

💖 Comment and tag who you are going to a book party with.
🩵 Please interact as much as you like with this post
🩵 Please check out all the accounts of all these amazing authors

Closes Monday October 26 th midnight MESZ (UTC+1). Open internationally. The winner will be selected randomly and notified via Instagram DM. If no response is received within 3 days, a new winner will be drawn.
Legal recourse is excluded. Cash payout of the prize is not possible. By entering, participants agree to provide contact details necessary for prize delivery. After shipment, data will be deleted by the organizer in accordance with the European GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). This g!ve away is not associated with Instagram, Facebook or Meta!

#releaseparty #mmromance #queerbookstagram #mmromancebooks #bookreleaseday

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You are, without a doubt, fucking gorgeous, you do know that, right?

First Impressions by Jay Hogan

➡ https://books2read.com/u/bpwPp9

#AucklandMed #FirstImpressions #FreeBook #IndieAuthor
#gayromance

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Sometimes you have to lose everything to find the one thing that matters most.

The day begins like any other—canoodling with my live-in boyfriend, making weekend plans over breakfast, and arguing about the apartment renovation list. Then my best friend and business partner texts, begging me to ditch Thad so we can meet for a lunchtime quickie in our usual spot.

Small problem: I’m Thad. Oops.

By midday, I’ve lost one ratface boyfriend, my best mate, the company I built from scratch, and the courage to hire a hitman—although I’m not ruling that last one out just yet. The future I had neatly mapped out is now toast. In its place, a laundry list of awkward questions, rumours, and pitying looks.

And so, I do what I do best. I run—my crumbling life fading in the rearview mirror. No plan. No destination. Just a road. Through a forest. In a storm. To a dog. And a shed. And a towering man who smells of pine, rain, and, mercifully, bacon.

There’s dirt under my nails, something growing in my heart, and suddenly I’m breathing again. Breathing and smiling and lying, lying, lying. To the man I’m falling for. To the people I care about. To myself, most of all.

But for every lie, there’s a reckoning. And when the truth catches up, and the heart is truly at stake, there’s no running anymore.

🌱 READ FREE ON KU🌱

#jayhogan #thegreeningofthaddeusgrey #mmromance #bookstagram #favourite

🌱 rollercoaster of emotions 🌱

I've been pissed. I've cried. I've laughed. AND I kid you not, SPOILER ALERT; even plotted the said best friend and ex-boyfriend's demise

To be honest, it's always been hard for me to read stories with lies, deception, main characters having trust issues. (I don't even want to talk about Thad's mother). Because these are a bit of hard subjects for me (irl). And so it's also been difficult for me to separate them from my own self. Stories exist to resonate through their readers. Yes, it's also there for fun, to take your mind away from boredom. But most of the time, it was pulled from personal experiences. And that's the hardest bit.There's now a trauma attached to that emotion. And when you encounter them in fictional world, it's like diving into that same

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It's been AGES since I put together a post here, but when I saw Erica @rainbowrink share her autumn colour challenge, I knew it would be the perfect way to jump back in. Her posts are always so beautifully designed, I hope I did it justice 😂

#mmromance #mmbookrecs

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Rugby club season is underway and I still don’t know what the fuck is happening, but there are hot men, tiny shorts, thick thighs, and asses everywhere. I’m very invested in this sport now. 🏉🍑

Do I know the rules, absolutely not. Do I care, also no. I’m too busy wondering how I get a pair of those sexy thighs wrapped around my head.

Priorities.

Anyway, here are some rugby book recs while I continue my very important research. Who tf should I be rooting for?

#rugby #mmromancebooks #mmsportsromance #mmrugbyromance #rugbymen

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🍎September Wrap Up🍎

🍂5 ARCs
🍂4 rereads
🍂2 DNFs
🍂19 books total

🍏Call Back @lilymortonauthor
🍎Save Me @alina_may_author
🍏Vigilant @coraroseauthor & @larktaylorauthor
🍎Boy Next Door @erinrussellauthor
🍏The Greening of Thaddeus Grey @jayhoganauthor
🍎When We Ignite @alexcrossauthor

🍏From Our Ashes by Alex Cruz (formerly Cross)
🍎Asystole @jillian_wray_author
🍏Enchanted by Lark Taylor
🍎Dead Vengeance @w.h.lockwood.books
🍏Heat Lightning @author.aknightley
🍎Jealous Guy @jesse_h_reign

🍏Unalive On Air @jemma_croft
🍎Allegiant by Cora Rose & Lark Taylor
🍏Lights, Camera, Passion @isabel__lucero
🍎On Your Knees @rina.saint.author
🍏Until I Saw You @diannaromanbooks
🍎Deviant Need @authorlnorell

🍏Purrfectly Haunted @mellrbright
🍎The Lookout’s Ghost by A. Knightley

🎃October Hopefuls🎃

🍁Tempt by E.M. Lindsey & Cora Rose
🎃Mortis @lilyjamesauthor
🍁Every November @authorbecbenson
🎃Deck the Halls with Bratva Brawls @gianniholmes
🍁Solais @csautumn.author
🎃The Lockdown Mann @rileyhartwrites

#septemberreadingwrapup #mmromance #queerromance #queerbookstagram #mmbookstagram

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💘 🤵🏻 Where The Hell Is My Husband - Book Challenge 🤵🏼💘

As you can see, I have lots and lots of book husbands and I'm not ashamed of that at all. 😍
Though, I may have gone a lil overboard with the last one... 🤭

IB @eekabekreads @breebooklover5 @readmmromancewithme

#WhereTheHellIsMyHusband #BookChallenge #Bookstagram #Bookstagrammer #BookRecommendations

*Edit is mine, picture is not

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On Board by @jayhoganauthor is another great entry in the Painted Bay series and a strong 4 stars from me. Enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, queer awakening, working class MCs, caretaking, and a very cute dog (obviously a key selling point).

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | 🌶️🌶️🌶️ | Full review on goodreads/fable/storygraph @bookish_behaviours

#mmromance #mmromancebooks #mmromancerecs #bookstagram #enemiestolovers

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I have finished a super early read of Inside Pass and, OMG, you all need to grab it now! It is such a Jay story!

If the link doesn't work, check the bio @jayhoganauthor to pre-order your copy.
When it comes to men, I have three simple rules.
No names.
No repeats.
No feelings—ever.

Professional rugby is my life. The fire in my blood. The beat of my heart. My future. My pride.
I play hard and hit harder. I dominate on the field and off. There’s no room for complications, least of all men. Then Eli Burgess walks into my life and my rules don’t just bend, they shatter.

Confident, intriguing, and out and proud in a way I can’t afford to be, Eli was never meant to be more than another nameless hookup. One spectacular night and done. If only I could stop thinking about him. But Eli isn’t simply the first man to make me want more; he’s an elite sport physio and my team’s new organisational consultant. And he’s made it perfectly clear he won’t be anyone’s secret.

I need to keep my head in the game and focus on my future. But every glance lingers too long. Every touch burns too hot. Every sensible choice is becoming harder to make. The sport I’ve always loved is starting to slip through my fingers. I’m caught between the game that owns me and the man who refuses to.

On the field, I know how to take a hit and keep moving.
Off the field? I’m about to discover the true cost of staying on my feet.

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