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  • As Thick As Thieves by R.E. Bond

    As Thick As Thieves by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    He betrayed me.In doing so, he betrayed his friends too.My freedom was short lived, and now I’m shackled in this prison once more.Waiting to be saved was the reason I held on, but as the weeks pass, I know I’m on my own.Broken and bleeding, my hurt turns to anger.New allies give me hope, and for once, I don’t have to run.My peace doesn’t last long though when the Night Thieves hunt me down...
  • A Superior Slave by Darrah Glass

    A Superior Slave by Darrah Glass

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Martin of House Ganymede, trained as a companion slave, is eager for a master of his own. Everything he’s done in his short life has been to prepare him for auction day, and now all that remains is to be chosen. In being sold, he’ll be separated from the boys he’s lived and trained with his entire life, and it’s possible he won’t see them ever again...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  contemporary  fantasy  m-m  historical  slavery  poly
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  • Knot Your Basic B*tch by Miyo Hunter

    Knot Your Basic B*tch by Miyo Hunter

    Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Who wants a shot at love and a pack of their very own? Not this b*tch.After growing up in the famous Stryker pack, with six dads, two moms and fifteen siblings, do you know what I want? To finally get some F*#!ING peace and quiet.Too bad I’ve perfumed and had to sign up at the Institute as an omega...
  • Storm by Belle Harper

    Storm by Belle Harper

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Omegas are meant to follow the rules. To choose the right Pack. To keep the balance.I did the opposite.I don’t want them. They don’t want me. I’m only using them to get to the Alpha I can’t live without. He might not be my scent match, but he’s the only Alpha I trust. The only one who truly knows me.But something unexpected happens… the Pack decides to help me. At first, it’s just survival...
  • The Ambassadors by Sasha L. Miller

    The Ambassadors by Sasha L. Miller

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Anike is the royal artist, kept extremely busy by a demanding prince who wants every illustrious moment of his reign recorded in ink and paint. His latest task is recording the visit of the ambassadors from the country of Marana, long closed off from the world and only newly opened...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  m-m  poly  m-m-m  length-novella
  • The Keystone Alphas by Ashe Moon

    The Keystone Alphas by Ashe Moon

    Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Meet the seniors of Keystone Academy’s Death March Study Squad: Viggo, Dane and Red. Best friends since childhood and as close as brothers, they’re three alphas who share everything in life. Omega freshman Brendan Prince has no friends and no clue how to manage the brutal rigors of his new university...
    Categorized as:
    queer  college  height-difference  sports  m-m  new adult  menage  poly
  • Alpha Bait by Zoe Perdita

    Alpha Bait by Zoe Perdita

    Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sam grew up next door to a house full of hot as hell Russian brothers, but something about the boys was always off. After he’s attacked by a huge white wolf as a teenager, Sam leaves the town and his friends behind. He can’t deal with the mixture of confusing emotions surging through him whenever he’s around the Russian young men...
  • Believe it or Knot by Tana Rose

    Believe it or Knot by Tana Rose

    Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    What’s a beta to do when her celebrity crush shows up on her front steps?Between a mountain of debt that isn’t mine, a threatening pack of asshole alphas that won’t take no for an answer, and a restaurant that has never been my dream, I’m barely hanging on to my sanity. You’d never know by looking at me, though.I’m a pro at pretending, pasting a smile on my face and telling everyone I’m fine...
  • Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 40 ratings
    Riley Cooper is on the run. Misha Tokarev, the love of his life, turned out to be an assassin for the Russian mob, and when it comes to character flaws, Riley draws the line at premeditated murder. Alien armor system McClane is also on the run, for reasons that include accidentally crashing a space ship into Earth and evading U.S. military custody...
  • Luck of the Devil by Lark Taylor

    Luck of the Devil by Lark Taylor

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 33 ratings
    One demon. One angel. A relationship that’s failed so many times. Could it really be just one human they’ve been missing?DagonFor centuries, Dimitri and I have tried to make it work. Each time we’ve been torn apart by our dominant natures, neither of us willing to back down. A hundred years ago, I thought he’d betrayed me in the worst possible way...
  • The Chosen One Universe Volume Three by Macy Blake

    The Chosen One Universe Volume Three by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Have You Been Chosen?For the first time, Macy Blake’s two bestselling paranormal fantasy series are being published in a three-volume mega-verse box set!Each volume will feature three full-length MM novels with dragons, hellhounds, vampires and more, with never before published bonus material. All in reader-requested chronological order...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  vampires  magic
  • Alpha's Pride by Nora Phoenix

    Alpha's Pride by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 ratings
    An MMM Mpreg romance. Bray knows what he wants: a sweet, pliant omega who will bear him an alpha heir. But he doesn’t want one now. He’s too young to settle down and just wants to have fun and play. That’s why hooking up with Kean is perfect, even if the beta doesn’t come close to what Bray is usually attracted to...
  • Beta's Strength by Nora Phoenix

    Beta's Strength by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 27 ratings
    Bray has accepted he, Kean, and Ruari are fated mates, but he knows their happy ever after is still a long ways off. He needs to change, but where to start? Can he ever become the alpha that’s worthy of his two mates and the dad little Jax needs? The rest of the pack is reeling from the heavy loss they suffered...
  • Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Federal exorcist John Starkweather’s life is in tatters. His best friend Sean betrayed him. SPECTR, the agency he viewed more as a surrogate family than an employer, wants him dead. His only allies are members of the mysterious organization called the Vigilant, whose motives remain in question...
  • Betrayal by Nik Knight

    Betrayal by Nik Knight

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 41 ratings
    Gay Paranormal Romance Riley finally has love within his grasp, but the only way to protect it may be to let it go. With no more rules standing in their way, Riley Shepard and his angels test the boundaries of their new and unconventional relationship. Jealousy and doubt lie in wait, threatening to ruin the tenuous ties connecting them. But some things are always worth fighting for...
  • Last Man Standing by Augustus Roth, Daniel May

    Last Man Standing by Augustus Roth, Daniel May

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 7 ratings
    “You know, if anybody was going to give death the middle finger, I would have thought it would be him.” Ezekiel 'Kel' Warbis is the last of them - the only one left after his two best friends (and childhood sweethearts) died tragically and gruesomely young.Over a decade later, their loss is still a fresh wound...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  paranormal  m-m  dark  m-m-m  contemporary
  • SPECTR: Volume 2 by Jordan L. Hawk

    SPECTR: Volume 2 by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From best-selling author Jordan L...
  • Seeker of Truth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Seeker of Truth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Federal agent John Starkweather’s parents are dead. Or at least—the people he remembered as his parents. With his very identity in question, John must look elsewhere for answers.The now-defunct Center for Loving Redemption may provide the clues he needs. But as John’s true memories begin to resurface, the answers prove worse than he ever imagined...
  • Kingdom of Ara: Season Four Complete by Nicholas Bella

    Kingdom of Ara: Season Four Complete by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Deacon has set certain deadly wheels spinning into motion with his plan to manipulate Theoden into helping him take over Josef's territory. Will he be successful, or will all hell break loose on everyone involved? Highly erotic and extremely dark and twisted. Prepare yourself. Warning: This serial contains strong adult content not meant for sensitive eyes...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  suspense  mystery  queer  m-m  vampires  dark  paranormal
  • The Beta: Part Two by Avanne Michaels

    The Beta: Part Two by Avanne Michaels

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 45 ratings
    Talia is trying to be who she is supposed to be.After living with the Johnson pack for months, it seems like she finally has a place to call home...if she can hold herself together long enough to get back home to it. Waking up alone in a hospital room after risking her life for the omega she loves and his pack might prove to be more than she can handle...
  • I Will Make You Mine by Nicholas Bella

    I Will Make You Mine by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Dante: No one could have prepared me for who I saw captured in the arms of that hulking werewolf. It took everything I had not to go over there and rip that wolf's throat out for manhandling my best friend, Dominic. If I know my Father, Theoden, he'll want to make an example out of Dom. I'm going to try my best to make sure that doesn't happen...
  • The Looking-Glass Curse: The Complete Series by Eva Chase

    The Looking-Glass Curse: The Complete Series by Eva Chase

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Dive through the looking-glass into a land that’s lush, exhilarating… and deadly.When I tumbled into Wonderland, I only wanted to escape the epic mess my life had become. I'm not sure I can trust anything in this bizarre, intoxicating place. But the three enticing men I’ve just met might need me even more than anyone back home ever has—and somehow I feel like I belong in this strange world...
  • Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    After becoming possessed by the vampire spirit Gray, telekinetic Caleb Jansen thought his situation couldn’t get any worse. But that was before Graham Forsyth, head of SPECTR’s sinister Research Division, took him into custody. Forsyth claims he can exorcise Gray before the forty-day time limit runs out. But once at RD, Caleb and Gray find themselves ensnared in a web of lies...
  • Ruined Alphas by Amy Nova

    Ruined Alphas by Amy Nova

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    An omega terrorist. The pack sent to hunt me down. An impossible scent match.The Alpha Omega Institute branded me a criminal, an agent of The Reset, the beta hate group. The Institute put a price on my head and sent one of their best after me. He caught me, capturing a part of my soul...
  • Demon Gate Series Vol. 4: Chaos, Fear and Fate by Nicholas Bella

    Demon Gate Series Vol. 4: Chaos, Fear and Fate by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    This is the epic series finale, be prepared for it to be explosive. ​When King Adriel failed to prevent the rising of his demonic half-brother, Katashneil, from hell, he unleashed death and destruction on earth. For the demon of pure chaos delights in his quest to bring his brother, Adriel, to his knees in defeat...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  military  queer  m-m  fantasy  contemporary  demons  monsters
  • Anubis by Adrienne Wilder

    Anubis by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    It was supposed to be over: The Utah Facility discovered, New World Genetics dismantled, and those hunting Luca—dead.Then strangers who call themselves Varu come for Luca for help. They claim he’s a Cana and tell him he’s the only one who can bring back their wolves.Nox doesn’t want to trust them, then he learns people called Mah are responsible for the atrocities committed in the Utah Facility...
  • Demon Gate Series Volume 3: Chance, Havoc and Mayhem by Nicholas Bella

    Demon Gate Series Volume 3: Chance, Havoc and Mayhem by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You'd think a guy could take a break after stopping a hell portal from opening and an assassin demon from killing innocents, but I guess there is no rest for the wicked. Wickedly awesome that is because the more I learn about my demon inhabitant, the more grateful I am that I had been chosen...
    Categorized as:
    military  alpha male  bdsm  queer  fantasy  m-m  contemporary  demons
  • You Will Bow Down by Nicholas Bella

    You Will Bow Down by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Dominic: I don't even recognize my best friend, Dante, anymore. Especially not after what he did to me. Turning me into some vampire/wolf monster. I don't even know what to do next and I'm still hungry. God, I can't do this... I can't kill innocent people for food. What am I going to do? Noel: Waking up tonight, I've got a few things on my mind...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  vampires  m-m  fantasy  dark  shapeshifters  paranormal
  • Ascension by Nicholas Bella

    Ascension by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Théoden: Tonight, I have to make one of the hardest decisions of my life. I have to choose which two on my children to send off with my Sire, my King, Ara. As you know, I don't like to share what belongs to me, but I can't deny my King what he's commanded of me. The highlight of my evening, however, will be my ascension to Prince of the City...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  paranormal  vampires  fantasy  contemporary  m-m-m
  • Vengeful Bonds: Season One by Nolah Harker, Onley James

    Vengeful Bonds: Season One by Nolah Harker, Onley James

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    In a world rigidly defined by secondary genders, a political storm brews, challenging the traditional alpha-dominated order with progressive ideals. Amidst this upheaval, eight strangers unite against Cerberus, a corrupt power broker. Their mission, born from loss, forges an unexpected bond, transcending societal norms...
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