Baylin Crow

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About Baylin Crow
Baylin writes gay romance stories full of sweetness and steam. She's best known for her Sugar Land Saints series that follows a college football team set in Texas, which she also calls home. Whether writing books or reading them, Baylin spends the majority of her time tucked into the pages of stories about men who love other men. She has two children, a spoiled cat, and a heavy addiction to caffeine.
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Clueless Romeo (Guys Next Door Book 3)
Apr 30, 2022
by
Baylin Crow
$4.99
Roman—I'm not your typical matchmaker. For one, I'm a man who's covered in tattoos.
Despite my appearance, there's a reason ninety-five percent of my clients seek out my services based on referrals. I'm good at what I do. But lately I've grown bored with the same daily routine.
Then an unexpected request piques my interest.
CJ, the former college basketball star who recently rented the office suite next to mine, isn't looking to place a ring on someone's finger any time soon. He's interested in something else entirely.
It's a challenge. Something new.
He wants to date casually and explore his curiosity in other men—but that's not my end goal. I specialize in forevers, and I'm determined to find him the perfect guy.
There's an unforeseen problem with my plan. After spending time with him, I find myself a little curious too.
I've never been with a man.
I've never been annoyed to see my strategy working.
And I've never deliberately set a client up for failure.
Clueless Romeo is book three in the Guys Next Door series. It's a steamy story about two guys who are bi-curious...or maybe it's more than that.
Despite my appearance, there's a reason ninety-five percent of my clients seek out my services based on referrals. I'm good at what I do. But lately I've grown bored with the same daily routine.
Then an unexpected request piques my interest.
CJ, the former college basketball star who recently rented the office suite next to mine, isn't looking to place a ring on someone's finger any time soon. He's interested in something else entirely.
It's a challenge. Something new.
He wants to date casually and explore his curiosity in other men—but that's not my end goal. I specialize in forevers, and I'm determined to find him the perfect guy.
There's an unforeseen problem with my plan. After spending time with him, I find myself a little curious too.
I've never been with a man.
I've never been annoyed to see my strategy working.
And I've never deliberately set a client up for failure.
Clueless Romeo is book three in the Guys Next Door series. It's a steamy story about two guys who are bi-curious...or maybe it's more than that.
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Stripped Love (Guys Next Door Book 1)
Sep 7, 2020
by
Baylin Crow
$4.99
Phoenix—I never intended to become a stripper.
Two years ago I was in Nashville chasing the songwriter dream. Sleepless nights between day jobs were spent writing rock ballads and trying to make a name for myself.
That all changed with one phone call that forced me to return to Atlanta.
Needing consistent income to pay the mountain of debt I'd come home to, I traded stripping my soul for stripping my clothes.
Then Archer West comes crashing into my VIP room, tempting me to break all of my rules.
I want him—bad.
What I don't count on is finding him living right next door for the summer. Inexperienced and with a creative drive that rivals my own, he stirs the lyrics in me once again.
Now I crave more than his body. Archer West has quickly become my unexpected muse.
A tattooed stripper and introverted college student collide in the first book of the steamy standalone romance series Guys Next Door. Each book is loosely tied so that each can be read individually.
Two years ago I was in Nashville chasing the songwriter dream. Sleepless nights between day jobs were spent writing rock ballads and trying to make a name for myself.
That all changed with one phone call that forced me to return to Atlanta.
Needing consistent income to pay the mountain of debt I'd come home to, I traded stripping my soul for stripping my clothes.
Then Archer West comes crashing into my VIP room, tempting me to break all of my rules.
I want him—bad.
What I don't count on is finding him living right next door for the summer. Inexperienced and with a creative drive that rivals my own, he stirs the lyrics in me once again.
Now I crave more than his body. Archer West has quickly become my unexpected muse.
A tattooed stripper and introverted college student collide in the first book of the steamy standalone romance series Guys Next Door. Each book is loosely tied so that each can be read individually.
The Faker Rulebook (Boyfriend Rules 1)
Jan 3, 2021
by
Baylin Crow
$3.99
The Faker Rulebook: A perfect guide to a successful fake relationship with your straight best friend.
Noah—Rook Oliveira stumbled into my life when I was eleven years old.
Being the scrawny new kid at school with a mouth full of braces, I never expected to become unlikely best friends with the most popular boy in seventh grade.
At eighteen, I gathered the courage to tell him I was gay and admitted I'd never kissed a guy. He offered to be my first. Straight or not, that kiss had burned with nearly tangible fire and tattooed the moment on my heart.
I've spent the last four years trying to forget it.
Now we're seniors in college, and I've learned why secret relationships are a bad idea.
My brother is getting married, and my cheating ex is the best man. Honestly, Rook is more upset about it than I am. He comes up with this crazy plan to be my fake boyfriend for the week of the wedding.
If we're doing this, then we need to set some rules. Between fake kisses and sharing a bed, things could get messy. Because I'm in love with my best friend—and he has no idea.
The rules are simple. I never expected Rook to be the one that started breaking them.
Noah—Rook Oliveira stumbled into my life when I was eleven years old.
Being the scrawny new kid at school with a mouth full of braces, I never expected to become unlikely best friends with the most popular boy in seventh grade.
At eighteen, I gathered the courage to tell him I was gay and admitted I'd never kissed a guy. He offered to be my first. Straight or not, that kiss had burned with nearly tangible fire and tattooed the moment on my heart.
I've spent the last four years trying to forget it.
Now we're seniors in college, and I've learned why secret relationships are a bad idea.
My brother is getting married, and my cheating ex is the best man. Honestly, Rook is more upset about it than I am. He comes up with this crazy plan to be my fake boyfriend for the week of the wedding.
If we're doing this, then we need to set some rules. Between fake kisses and sharing a bed, things could get messy. Because I'm in love with my best friend—and he has no idea.
The rules are simple. I never expected Rook to be the one that started breaking them.
Sweetest Hate (Guys Next Door Book 2)
Oct 18, 2021
by
Baylin Crow
$4.99
Kellan—Messing around with Arsen is like playing with fire and I can't help but crave the burn.
The day I met my best friend's new stepbrother I fell into hate with the moody jerk. The feeling is mutual. I loathe him and unfortunately want him in equal measures. At least he seems to be suffering the same undeniable pull. He infuriates me. He's crawled under my skin.
Arsen has the ability to ruin me for anyone else, and I want to let him.
A mix-up during a trip to the lake puts us in an inconvenient situation where we end up sharing a room. Worse, once we get home, I'm left unable to escape him. He's right next door and impossible to ignore.
As we spend time together, I'm forced to realize there's so much more to him than I expected. I thought I had feelings for my best friend, but Arsen has me questioning everything I know about love.
It's the sweetest hate, or maybe it's something else entirely.
Sweetest Hate is the second book in the Guys Next Door series and can be read as a standalone. It's about two guys who may not hate each other as much as they thought. Maybe it's the opposite. Maybe they can teach each other exactly how to love.
The day I met my best friend's new stepbrother I fell into hate with the moody jerk. The feeling is mutual. I loathe him and unfortunately want him in equal measures. At least he seems to be suffering the same undeniable pull. He infuriates me. He's crawled under my skin.
Arsen has the ability to ruin me for anyone else, and I want to let him.
A mix-up during a trip to the lake puts us in an inconvenient situation where we end up sharing a room. Worse, once we get home, I'm left unable to escape him. He's right next door and impossible to ignore.
As we spend time together, I'm forced to realize there's so much more to him than I expected. I thought I had feelings for my best friend, but Arsen has me questioning everything I know about love.
It's the sweetest hate, or maybe it's something else entirely.
Sweetest Hate is the second book in the Guys Next Door series and can be read as a standalone. It's about two guys who may not hate each other as much as they thought. Maybe it's the opposite. Maybe they can teach each other exactly how to love.
Broken Play (Sugar Land Saints Book 2)
Jun 25, 2019
by
Baylin Crow
$3.99
We're friends, teammates—and we hook up. Often.
Shaw: He's intense and the heat of his stare is hot enough to set fires.
The first time we got together, it was a spontaneous earth-shattering moment. I wanted more. So, of course I popped the question.
“Yours or mine for round two?” That’s where the trouble began. We agreed on an exclusive, no strings arrangement. When one of us is ready to walk away, we'll still be friends. Perfect, right?
He's not exactly a people person—understatement of the year—but I've seen the real him and he's so much more than the broody loner others see him as. But the brilliant plan backfired. I accidentally caught feelings.
Bishop: He could be my game-changer but there's a problem.
He put a dent in my armor when he decided I needed a friend. Then he managed to crawl under my skin—and between my sheets.
He's the one person in the world I trust, and he's mine, for as long as this lasts. But I think I messed up and likely lost him for good. The role in my family's company I've been groomed for my entire life competes with my growing feelings for him. Turns out I can't have them both.
What a terrible time to realize he means more to me than just a friend and convenient hookup.
Being friends with benefits is the perfect arrangement until someone falls in love.
Shaw: He's intense and the heat of his stare is hot enough to set fires.
The first time we got together, it was a spontaneous earth-shattering moment. I wanted more. So, of course I popped the question.
“Yours or mine for round two?” That’s where the trouble began. We agreed on an exclusive, no strings arrangement. When one of us is ready to walk away, we'll still be friends. Perfect, right?
He's not exactly a people person—understatement of the year—but I've seen the real him and he's so much more than the broody loner others see him as. But the brilliant plan backfired. I accidentally caught feelings.
Bishop: He could be my game-changer but there's a problem.
He put a dent in my armor when he decided I needed a friend. Then he managed to crawl under my skin—and between my sheets.
He's the one person in the world I trust, and he's mine, for as long as this lasts. But I think I messed up and likely lost him for good. The role in my family's company I've been groomed for my entire life competes with my growing feelings for him. Turns out I can't have them both.
What a terrible time to realize he means more to me than just a friend and convenient hookup.
Being friends with benefits is the perfect arrangement until someone falls in love.
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Recovered Fumble (Sugar Land Saints Book 3)
Dec 3, 2019
by
Baylin Crow
$4.99
Rendon may be a virgin but Nash is the one who has no clue what he's doing.
Rendon: Nash is football royalty in this town and has an ego to match.
We met at a party—the last place I wanted to be. Full of confident swagger, the campus playboy approached me. It was hard to believe he was interested in me, but he was. Interested in hooking up, that is.
When things ended before they really even began, we agreed once the semester started it'd be best to keep our distance from each other. But I'm the only one holding up my end of the deal. He thinks he can just waltz back into my life, turn on the charm and have me with a simple snap of his fingers. He can't.
Nash: Rendon is off-limits but I want him anyway.
With dreams of going pro depending on my current season, I know I should have stayed away from him. Hooking up with a teammate's younger brother was asking for trouble.
It's been months since I've seen him and the moment I set eyes on him my already cracked resolve crumbles to dust. That small taste of him I had isn't enough. It will never be enough. Now that he's back on campus to stay, I plan on picking up where we left off.
Except now he says he doesn't want me.
Rendon: Nash is football royalty in this town and has an ego to match.
We met at a party—the last place I wanted to be. Full of confident swagger, the campus playboy approached me. It was hard to believe he was interested in me, but he was. Interested in hooking up, that is.
When things ended before they really even began, we agreed once the semester started it'd be best to keep our distance from each other. But I'm the only one holding up my end of the deal. He thinks he can just waltz back into my life, turn on the charm and have me with a simple snap of his fingers. He can't.
Nash: Rendon is off-limits but I want him anyway.
With dreams of going pro depending on my current season, I know I should have stayed away from him. Hooking up with a teammate's younger brother was asking for trouble.
It's been months since I've seen him and the moment I set eyes on him my already cracked resolve crumbles to dust. That small taste of him I had isn't enough. It will never be enough. Now that he's back on campus to stay, I plan on picking up where we left off.
Except now he says he doesn't want me.
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The Holiday Hookup
Dec 1, 2021
by
Baylin Crow
$0.99
Reasons why Hunter Holliday is on my Naughty List:
1. He dresses like it's Casual Friday every day of the week.
2. Everyone loves him, even though I'm pretty sure he doesn't actually get any work done. It's the smile, I think. Definitely the laugh.
3. He's so relaxed, sometimes I can't even tell if he's awake. Or conscious.
4. He doesn't respect my office space boundaries. Stay in your own office and stop messing with my stuff!
Okay, the list is actually really long, but none of it matters because it's time for the annual Secret Santa exchange, and guess whose name I draw.
Hunter freaking Holliday
And he knows this because, I repeat, he won't stay out of my office and leave my things alone.
Even though I didn't ask, he has no problem telling me exactly what he wants.
Me. For one night
The Holiday Hookup is an MM Christmas short story with high heat and low angst.
1. He dresses like it's Casual Friday every day of the week.
2. Everyone loves him, even though I'm pretty sure he doesn't actually get any work done. It's the smile, I think. Definitely the laugh.
3. He's so relaxed, sometimes I can't even tell if he's awake. Or conscious.
4. He doesn't respect my office space boundaries. Stay in your own office and stop messing with my stuff!
Okay, the list is actually really long, but none of it matters because it's time for the annual Secret Santa exchange, and guess whose name I draw.
Hunter freaking Holliday
And he knows this because, I repeat, he won't stay out of my office and leave my things alone.
Even though I didn't ask, he has no problem telling me exactly what he wants.
Me. For one night
The Holiday Hookup is an MM Christmas short story with high heat and low angst.
Quarterback Sneak (Sugar Land Saints Book 1)
Mar 12, 2019
by
Baylin Crow
$2.99
The boundaries of our friendship are tested and lines are crossed.
RUSH: I’m in love with my best friend.
There wasn’t an exact moment when I fell for him. It was something that grew and evolved over time. He loves me back, but it’ll never be more than platonic. It can’t be because he’s straight.
Then one night he kissed me and left me with more questions than answers. The very next morning my trust was shattered by a family secret. I’d been lied to my whole life. He was by my side through it all, offering support when I needed it most.
How can I risk losing a friendship that held me together when I was falling apart?
TORIN: He friend-zoned me.
Four years ago, I gathered enough courage to kiss my best friend. What I’d hoped would be a pivotal moment that would start a new kind of relationship between us was over before it began.
His world was upended, so I put my feelings aside and stepped back into my role as a friend he could count on.
He wasn’t ready then, but now it’s time to find out if he’s willing to take a chance on us being something more.
We’ve been friends, roommates and teammates, but I want him, body and heart.
RUSH: I’m in love with my best friend.
There wasn’t an exact moment when I fell for him. It was something that grew and evolved over time. He loves me back, but it’ll never be more than platonic. It can’t be because he’s straight.
Then one night he kissed me and left me with more questions than answers. The very next morning my trust was shattered by a family secret. I’d been lied to my whole life. He was by my side through it all, offering support when I needed it most.
How can I risk losing a friendship that held me together when I was falling apart?
TORIN: He friend-zoned me.
Four years ago, I gathered enough courage to kiss my best friend. What I’d hoped would be a pivotal moment that would start a new kind of relationship between us was over before it began.
His world was upended, so I put my feelings aside and stepped back into my role as a friend he could count on.
He wasn’t ready then, but now it’s time to find out if he’s willing to take a chance on us being something more.
We’ve been friends, roommates and teammates, but I want him, body and heart.
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Delayed Game (Sugar Land Saints Book 4)
Aug 18, 2021
by
Baylin Crow
$3.99
Tristan thinks I don't notice him. He couldn't be more wrong. What he doesn't realize is that we've met before.
Memphis: The second I spotted him on campus I made the decision to avoid him. Though I told myself it was the right thing to do because of our history, it was more difficult than I'd anticipated.
At a frat party to celebrate the Saints' latest win, I'm confronted by a walking hurricane drenched in emo vibes—otherwise known as Tristan Stafford. Slinging colorful insults that make absolutely no sense, it quickly becomes clear that he's developed strong opinions where I'm concerned. It would seem he hates me and my...dimples?
I'm insulted. Amused. Intrigued. And now he has my full attention.
If he hates me now, I have no idea how he'll feel once he learns the truth. It's a risk I'll have to take because I can't, and won't, stay away from him. Not now. Maybe not ever.
Memphis: The second I spotted him on campus I made the decision to avoid him. Though I told myself it was the right thing to do because of our history, it was more difficult than I'd anticipated.
At a frat party to celebrate the Saints' latest win, I'm confronted by a walking hurricane drenched in emo vibes—otherwise known as Tristan Stafford. Slinging colorful insults that make absolutely no sense, it quickly becomes clear that he's developed strong opinions where I'm concerned. It would seem he hates me and my...dimples?
I'm insulted. Amused. Intrigued. And now he has my full attention.
If he hates me now, I have no idea how he'll feel once he learns the truth. It's a risk I'll have to take because I can't, and won't, stay away from him. Not now. Maybe not ever.
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Rookie Mistake (Sugar Land Saints)
Jun 15, 2021
by
Baylin Crow
$2.99
The straight rich jock would never date his family's gay hired help, right?
Colton: Crushing on the town's star football player is a bad idea for a few reasons. One, Logan's straight. And has a girlfriend. That alone makes anything between us impossible.
Two, living in the guesthouse with my family on his parents' estate, I'm really just the unnoticed lawn guy. Our social status difference is night and day.
Those reasons are now irrelevant, because I'm determined to get over this pointless infatuation I've harbored for Logan Kelley for years. He's more of a jerk than I realized.
Logan: There are three things people know about me. I'm a Saints tight end. My bank account stays fat with cash. I have a girlfriend, Jules.
What they don't know is that I'm gay, and Jules is actually my childhood best friend who's been doing me a solid in a mutually beneficial arrangement.
Colton Lockhart has been the one person I've wanted, but he doesn't know that. When I come home for a week during the summer, I'm ready to tell him and have it all planned out. Except I immediately blow my shot with him.
It's safe to say that although years of playing on the field have made me a seasoned athlete, in relationships… Well, I have zero experience in dating. Or anything else for that matter.
I hope he'll chalk it up to a rookie mistake and give me another chance.
Rookie Mistake is a low angst, high heat Sugar Land Saints novella that takes place where book three ended.
Colton: Crushing on the town's star football player is a bad idea for a few reasons. One, Logan's straight. And has a girlfriend. That alone makes anything between us impossible.
Two, living in the guesthouse with my family on his parents' estate, I'm really just the unnoticed lawn guy. Our social status difference is night and day.
Those reasons are now irrelevant, because I'm determined to get over this pointless infatuation I've harbored for Logan Kelley for years. He's more of a jerk than I realized.
Logan: There are three things people know about me. I'm a Saints tight end. My bank account stays fat with cash. I have a girlfriend, Jules.
What they don't know is that I'm gay, and Jules is actually my childhood best friend who's been doing me a solid in a mutually beneficial arrangement.
Colton Lockhart has been the one person I've wanted, but he doesn't know that. When I come home for a week during the summer, I'm ready to tell him and have it all planned out. Except I immediately blow my shot with him.
It's safe to say that although years of playing on the field have made me a seasoned athlete, in relationships… Well, I have zero experience in dating. Or anything else for that matter.
I hope he'll chalk it up to a rookie mistake and give me another chance.
Rookie Mistake is a low angst, high heat Sugar Land Saints novella that takes place where book three ended.
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