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  • Alpha's Sacrifice by Nora Phoenix

    Alpha's Sacrifice by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 44 ratings
    an MMMM Mpreg Gay Romance. Four men, brought together by fate, connected in more powerful ways than they’d ever imagined. Lidon, the powerful alpha-cop, determined to never trust another partner—until he helps a vulnerable omega through his heat and connects with him in a way that leaves him reeling. Enar, the alpha-doctor who dedicates his life to serving omegas who need his help...
  • An Omega for His Alphas: Second Heat by Madeleine Grey

    An Omega for His Alphas: Second Heat by Madeleine Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    I’ve fallen for the one alpha I shouldn’t—and to make matters worse, I’m in love with his husband, too. I’m not pregnant. Not yet, at least. Theo keeps reminding me that we’ll try again, and I know I should be relieved. But I’m not. The lines were already blurred when I spent my heat with Beck and Theo, and now it’s only getting messier...
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  • As Thick As Thieves by R.E. Bond

    As Thick As Thieves by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 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: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 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
  • Storm by Belle Harper

    Storm by Belle Harper

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 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
  • Believe it or Knot by Tana Rose

    Believe it or Knot by Tana Rose

    Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 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: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 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...
  • Silver Bullet by Rolf and Ranger, Rolf and Ranger

    Silver Bullet by Rolf and Ranger, Rolf and Ranger

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  cowboys  menage  contemporary  spanking  m-m-m
  • 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. Volume Three:...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  vampires  magic
  • Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 18 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...
  • Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce

    Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Welcome to Sinner’s Sideshow, the most obscene, blood-pumping, skin-crawling creep show this side of Hell. As a circus brat, show biz is in my blood. And as a half-succubus, I was made for Sinner’s Sideshow—the only circus made to entertain the most depraved of monsters. When I’m plunged into a dark world of death, darkness, and corpse-ridden carnivals, I meet them…. The demonic ringmaster...
  • Ascend by Maya Nicole

    Ascend by Maya Nicole

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    My friends always bitched about their parents and their rules. Their consequences. Well, I had them beat. My dad tortured souls for a living. Dealt their punishments. Condemned them to suffer in the fiery pits of hell. Literally. So what consequence does the devil give his own daughter? I've always been labeled as the disruptive one. The one to act impulsively, to take matters into my own hands...
  • Last Man Standing by Augustus Roth, Daniel May

    Last Man Standing by Augustus Roth, Daniel May

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 8 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: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From best-selling author Jordan L. Hawk, the second half of the SPECTR series is now in a box set! SPECTR: Volume 2 contains:. Eater of Lives. Destroyer of Worlds. Summoner of Storms...
  • Mustang Hill by Rolf and Ranger, Rolf and Ranger

    Mustang Hill by Rolf and Ranger, Rolf and Ranger

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  menage  cowboys  contemporary  spanking  paranormal
  • Three Traders by Rolf and Ranger

    Three Traders by Rolf and Ranger

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  cowboys  menage  contemporary  spanking  m-m-m
  • Bury Their Bones by A.J. Merlin

    Bury Their Bones by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    My magic never warned me about the Loa, and these voodoo deities must be desperate if they’re looking for help from a witch like me. A bit of downtime after the incident with the witches is a good time to work on my magic and my relationships. Or so I thought...
  • Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 83 ratings
    I am Meredith, princess of faerie, wielder of the hands of Flesh and Blood, and at long last, I am with child–twins, fathered by my royal guard. Though my uncle, Taranis, King of Light and Illusion, claims that he is the true father since he abducted me from my home, betrayed, and defiled me. And now he has branded my guards as a threat to my unborn children...
  • Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 17 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...
  • Mated to the Werewolves: A Monstrous Holiday Tale by Zoe Ashwood

    Mated to the Werewolves: A Monstrous Holiday Tale by Zoe Ashwood

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Three wolves. One human. A bond even fate can’t break. Stranded in a snowstorm on the side of the road, I think I’m in trouble when strangers pull over to help. Instead, as the snow traps us inside a cozy cabin, I meet them. Carter, the commanding werewolf alpha. Troy, the wounded giant with gentle eyes. And Sebastian—the artist, the one most in touch with his wolf. They say I’m their mate...
  • Anubis by Adrienne Wilder

    Anubis by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 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...
  • Seeker of Truth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Seeker of Truth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 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
  • 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...
  • Betrayal by Nik Knight

    Betrayal by Nik Knight

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 44 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...
  • Knot All Is Ruined Part 1 by Elizabeth Knight

    Knot All Is Ruined Part 1 by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 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...
  • Beta's Strength by Nora Phoenix

    Beta's Strength by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 33 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...
  • A King to be Crowned by Brea Alepoú

    A King to be Crowned by Brea Alepoú

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    To be King or not to be King. There is no more hiding. Titos has accepted being king of his small territory but now he’s being pushed to take on even more enlarging the target on his back. His keepers are doing everything they can to keep him safe but Titos is a walking danger zone. Titos will fight for his home and his new found family...
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