Welcome to the Love Bytes Reviewers’ Best of 2025
Another year has passed in which books have brought all of us a much-needed escape and sense of comfort. Our Love Bytes team reviewed approximately 800 LGBTQ+ books in 2025, from contemporary romance to fantasy, paranormal, historical, adventure, mystery, comedy, and everything in between. Each day for the next weeks, we will feature one of our reviewers’ top picks from books and audiobooks published in 2025. These lists highlight how diverse our tastes in reading are, and offer something for everyone. With thousands of fantastic new books each year, written by hundreds of creative and talented authors, it’s so difficult to narrow our lists down. We all have many favorite authors not featured here and wish we could acknowledge them all.
“Cindy’s” favorites
Smoke Screen and Façade by Sam Burns and narrated by Greg Tremblay – Buy Link
Excellent characters, a unique premise and all the supernatural fun things that I can handle. Plus an excellent narrator who does amazing things with his voice.
Homecoming for Beginners by Ashlyn Kane – Buy Link
What’s not to love about two troubled men who are looking for something and a little boy who might just what they need to come together.
The Remarkable Lover by Maya Jean – Buy Link
Two men who know that life can be really terrible but secretly still hope for something better.
Eternal Syn by Mia Monroe – Buy Link
A lot of angst but also a book about what it’s like to actually have someone come to your rescue and the choices it might mean for you.
Always You by RJ Scott – Buy Link
Jazz and Alex go through a lot to overcome a past that almost destroyed them both.
Witchwolf by Sam Burns and W.M. Fawkes – Buy Link
What’s not to love about accidental witches and wolf shifters coming together to beat the bad guy. Sometimes fate isn’t terrible.
Black and White & Greyscale by Vinni George and narrated by Declan Winters – Buy Link
Orca shifters doing their best to save the world and also find love in the process. Kickass and lots of fun!
Resist Me Not by Amanda Meuwissen – Buy Link
I never thought I could fall in love with a serial killer, but here we are! Fantastic premise and I really could empathize with the guy causing all the spilled blood.
The Convenant (The Firm #1) by Cora Rose & Lark Taylor – Buy Link
