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  • As Thick As Thieves by R.E. Bond

    As Thick As Thieves by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 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...
  • The Omega Project by Roxy Collins

    The Omega Project by Roxy Collins

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 26 ratings
    The things I’m willing to do in the name of science…I’m a PhD student struggling to get by when I meet a powerful alpha with an impossible-to-refuse offer.Finn Visser, the owner of the most elite security firm in the country, wants me to help him with a top-secret project. No expense is being spared to uncover the truth about switches – designation changes triggered by stress, danger, and arousal...
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  • Believe it or Knot by Tana Rose

    Believe it or Knot by Tana Rose

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 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...
  • 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
  • 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...
  • Deadly Little Promises by K.G. Reuss

    Deadly Little Promises by K.G. Reuss

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 37 ratings
    Vindictive. Savage. Deadly. Villains.The horsemen made a move and took me from my kingdom.There’s one thing they didn’t expect though.The truth.With an alliance formed and our world thrown into war, we either choose sides or die for those we love.There are rules to warfare but rules are meant to be broken and so are kings.Our enemies know it. And I’ll be the one they use to prove it...
  • Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 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: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 27 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...
  • Sacrifice by Nik Knight

    Sacrifice by Nik Knight

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 43 ratings
    Human—Angel—Nephilim. How can Riley fit in anywhere when he doesn’t know who or what he is?With his mysterious heritage shrouded in shadow, Riley Shepard struggles with his identity, his confusing sexuality, and the prohibited—but deepening—feelings for his guardian angels. Questions remain unanswered. His Guardians harbor secrets. And danger lurks just out of sight...
  • 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
  • A Mage's Guide to Aussie Terrors by A.J. Sherwood

    A Mage's Guide to Aussie Terrors by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    One ghost from the past.Two unknown Australian monsters eating people.Three men who won’t let either problem win...
  • Beta's Strength by Nora Phoenix

    Beta's Strength by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 25 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...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  m-m  paranormal  menage  poly  fantasy  erotica
  • Omega's Power by Nora Phoenix

    Omega's Power by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 22 ratings
    When one needy boy makes taking it slow impossible… Sivney is determined to take his sweet time to get to know his new lovers, Naran and Lev. After all, they each brought quite a bit of baggage into their relationship and figuring out how they fit together is not easy. But Lev can’t wait until Sivney is ready for more. He needs Sivney and Naran to take care of him now...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  paranormal  menage  fantasy  age difference  erotica
  • Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert

    Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 186 ratings
    She was the face that launched a thousand ships,The fierce beauty at the heart of Olympus,And she was never ours to claim.*A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Helen of Troy, Achilles, and Patroclus that's as sinful as it is sweet.*In Olympus, you either have the power to rule...or you are ruled...
  • Knot All Is Ruined Part 1 by Elizabeth Knight

    Knot All Is Ruined Part 1 by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    They told us we’d be helping our country.That we’d be preventing war.It was all one big fat lie and we believed it—until it was too late.Waking up on a bus headed for a war-torn country was just the beginning of the nightmare I couldn’t wake up from. They’d told us during our time in the Omega Care Center there was a chance we might be sent to another country if we didn’t find a pack...
  • SOS Hotel: Your Final Resting Place by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash

    SOS Hotel: Your Final Resting Place by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    An ex-adult movie star, a broke vampire daddy, and a boring human are about to try and save the world... It's probably our fault your world is doomed, if I'm honest. Sorry about that. Sticking with honesty, we're not great at saving people, or ourselves. You should probably pack a bag and head for the hills.You know, just in case..
  • Betrayal by Nik Knight

    Betrayal by Nik Knight

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 39 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...
  • SOS Hotel: Great Service from Top to Bottom by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash

    SOS Hotel: Great Service from Top to Bottom by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 17 ratings
    Book #4 in the hilarious SOS Hotel series. Something is wrong with Tom Collins. More wrong than usual. Tom’s being nice.We should have known trouble was right around the corner. One attempted murder later, and Reynard is forced to disarm him (literally). No bartender, means no bar. Zee is grumpy and avoiding me, and the hotel’s measly profits are dwindling by the day. Things are not going well...
  • Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 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...
  • Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 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...
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bad Blood by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy

    Bad Blood by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    The bitch is back.It's me. I'm the bitch. And thanks to my traitorous bestie Sarah's vampire cult having a funny definition of "virgin sacrifice," I'm back from the dead rather than back from a much-needed vacation in Cancun.Now I'm possessed by their snarky deity, and my afterlife depends on keeping it a secret from her cult of four reincarnated vampire lovers...
  • 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...
  • Celestial Academy: The Complete Series by Maya Nicole

    Celestial Academy: The Complete Series by Maya Nicole

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    What consequence does Lucifer give his daughter? Celestial Academy: The Complete Series omnibus is all three books in the Celestial Academy trilogy.Book 1: AscendMy friends always complained about their parents' rules and consequences. Well, I have them beat. I'm the daughter of the devil and was just expelled from my senior year of high school for breaking a guy's nose...
  • Devourer of Men by Nikki St. Crowe

    Devourer of Men by Nikki St. Crowe

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 51 ratings
    I have few friends and fewer allies. What I do have on the island of Everland is a lot of people who want me gone. So when the Crocodile and Captain Hook reappear in my life, I am in no mood. And worse, they’re unknowingly endangering themselves by asking for me by a name I long considered dead...
  • Demon Gate Series Volume 2: Hijinks, Charmed and Lovelorn by Nicholas Bella

    Demon Gate Series Volume 2: Hijinks, Charmed and Lovelorn by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Brian Cordero here again, and t's been a few months since I first became a demon. Raphael is in my life regardless if I want him to be or not, and it's harder and harder to resist his charm. Hell, I don't even think I want to. if having one sexy-beyond-reality demon isn't enough, I now have the baddest of the biggest of bad boy demons making sure I know my place in his army...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  military  suspense  queer  m-m  fantasy  demons  contemporary
  • 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
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