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  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Vol. 3 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Vol. 3 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    The manhua adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel series continues as Wei Wuxian’s cover is blown!Wei Wuxian’s studies come to an abrupt end when he picks a fight with a young master of the Jin Clan. A lifetime later, he wakes from his dream of days gone by to find he’s still unraveling the mystery of the ghost arm...
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    mystery  high fantasy  fantasy  queer  historical  m-m  dark  magic
  • The Burning Sea by A.E. Rayne

    The Burning Sea by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    IN A WORLD RULED BY MEN, ONE WOMAN WILL RISE As the kingdoms prepare for war, unexpected visitors and a horrifying murder, throw everyone’s plans into disarray. Amidst the chaos, Jael must find a way to lead her men to victory against King Haaron and his sons, watching as Eadmund drifts away from her, powerless to save him...
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  • The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

    The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics. His debt has driven him to lie in wait by the old forest road, planning to rob the next traveler that crosses his path...
  • The Daughters' War by Christopher Buehlman

    The Daughters' War by Christopher Buehlman

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    A standalone novel following young warrior Galva dom Braga on her journey from untested academy swordswoman to feared and bloodied veteran knight, set during the war-torn, goblin-infested years just before The Blacktongue Thief .The goblins have killed all of our horses and most of our men. They have enslaved our cities, burned our fields, and inflicted a waking nightmare on the known world...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  medieval  fantasy  horror  war  dark  queer  magic
  • 하루만 네가 되고 싶어 1 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip-eo 1] by Sam, 삼

    하루만 네가 되고 싶어 1 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip-eo 1] by Sam, 삼

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tensions are brewing under the seemingly calm surface of the Vasilios Empire, a kingdom ruled by the Imperial Family and the Temple. Lady Medea Solon has lost her place next to Crown Prince Eros, but resolves to do whatever it will take to win back what's rightfully hers...
  • Wit'ch Star by James Clemens

    Wit'ch Star by James Clemens

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The three deadly Weirgates are destroyed but the threat of the Dark Lord remains. And so Elena and her companions have gone their separate ways to prepare for what is yet to come. Elena herself has journeyed to the beautiful city of A'loa Glen, there to recover her strength and spirit. Enter Harlequin Quail.Some might call him a fool, but the little man in the jester's suit claims to be a spy...
  • The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

    The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 91 ratings
    A suspense novel from the award-winning author of The Haunting of Maddy Clare...Vermont, 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants--the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It's called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it's located, there are rumors that the boarding school is haunted...
  • The Spirit Stone by Katharine Kerr

    The Spirit Stone by Katharine Kerr

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Prince Dar of the Westlands calls the new fortress of Zakh Gral "a dagger laid against our throat." It was built by the Horsekin, ancient enemies of his people. To destroy the threat, the elven prince has called upon his dwarven and human allies. Their leaders know that if the Westlands fall, their own throats will feel the dagger next...
  • House of Secrets by Darcy Coates

    House of Secrets by Darcy Coates

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sophie and Joseph’s escape from Northwood is short-lived. The beast survived, and attached itself to Joseph’s young cousin, Elise. Garrett writes to beg for their help. Joseph and Sophie travel to meet him at Kensington, a long-abandoned mansion that overlooks a dead town. The house offers a small hope: its original owner had dedicated her life to researching the monster that possesses Elise...
  • The Soul Mirror by Carol Berg

    The Soul Mirror by Carol Berg

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A scientific young woman probes the mysterious death of her magically gifted sister in this quasi-Renaissance epic fantasy sequel to The Spirit Lens.Anne de Vernase is fighting to hold herself together as scandal and tragedy tear her family apart. Her father remains at large, convicted of treason and murder thanks to her own testimony—and his pursuit of depraved sorcery...
  • The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

    The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Don’t miss the brand-new chilling gothic thriller from the bestselling author . . .‘Fascinating and enthralling’ Prima‘Wonderfully atmospheric and compelling’ Rosamund Lupton‘A flawless read’ Elizabeth Lee‘Seething with gothic menace’ Caroline LeaUpon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lòn Haven, stands a lighthouse.A lighthouse that has weathered more than storms...
  • Greenwode by J. Tullos Hennig

    Greenwode by J. Tullos Hennig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Novel of Robyn Hood The Hooded One. The one to breathe the dark and light and dusk between.... When an old druid foresees this harbinger of chaos, he also glimpses its outcome...
  • Monster Of Ruin by Marlowe Mack

    Monster Of Ruin by Marlowe Mack

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Elliott Knight is a hunter. And I’m his prey. He’s obsessed. I’m his addiction. He won’t stop until he’s made me his. He’s decided I’ll be his no matter what. He makes the rules. And I can only live by them. He stalks me. He calls me his flower. Every bit of him is dark. Haunted. Possessed. Elliott is an evil man, a real-life nightmare. The kind your mother warns you to stay away from...
  • Bone Rites by Natalie Bayley

    Bone Rites by Natalie Bayley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I collected the first bone when I was twelve. This fact was not mentioned in court... Such a tiny little bone, more like a tooth. I only kept it to keep him safe." Kathryn Darkling, imprisoned in Holloway, is facing death by hanging for her vengeance killing...
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    mystery  suspense  horror  queer  historical  magic  dark  bisexual
  • The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

    The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Willows by Algernon Blackwood The Willows is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. Horror author H.P...
  • Stitches by Amanda Meuwissen

    Stitches by Amanda Meuwissen

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Created by the alchemist Braxton, Levi was “born” fully grown and spends his early days learning about the monster-filled kingdom he calls home.Even though he is just a construct pieced together from cloned parts, Levi longs to fit in with his mythical neighbors, but more than that, he wishes he could say two words to the Shadow King without stuttering...
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    high fantasy  suspense  mystery  fantasy  m-m  magic  paranormal  queer
  • The New Black by Laird Barron, Brian Evenson

    The New Black by Laird Barron, Brian Evenson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The New Black is a collection of twenty neo-noir stories exemplifying the best authors currently writing in this dark sub-genre. A mixture of horror, crime, fantasy, science fiction, magical realism, and the grotesque—all with a literary bent—these stories represent the future of genre-bending fiction from some of our brightest and most original voices...
  • The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

    The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 121 ratings
    Biographer Margaret Lea returns one night to her apartment above her father’s antiquarian bookshop. On her steps she finds a letter. It is a hand-written request from one of Britain’s most prolific and well-loved novelists. Vida Winter, gravely ill, wants to recount her life story before it is too late, and she wants Margaret to be the one to capture her history...
  • The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb

    The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In the tourist town of Wharton, on the coast of Lake Superior, Tess Bell is renovating her old family home into a bed-and-breakfast during the icy dead of winter…As the house’s restoration commences, a shuttered art studio is revealed. Inside are paintings Tess’s late grandfather, beloved and celebrated artist Sebastian Bell, hid away for generations...
  • Inked: A Paranormal Circus Romance by Emma Hamm

    Inked: A Paranormal Circus Romance by Emma Hamm

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Irene Evans has only known sin. As the daughter of a pastor, she shouldn't be able to see the souls of the dead. Her father sees her as possessed, and calls in an expert on exorcism. When she sees a chance to escape, she flees to a nearby circus where her life is turned upside down. Booker Ward is known by many names. Assassin. Freak. The Tattooed Man...
  • Wounded Mate by Lee Colgin

    Wounded Mate by Lee Colgin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    I’ve never seen a being so captivating. What a unique creature he is. His tongue darts out and wets his lips, and when his voice comes, it zings an arrow straight to my heart. “Mate.”What does it mean when an incubus can feel the pain of a feral werewolf? Valius doubles over, grabbing his side as sharp claws slash through his flesh...
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    suspense  mystery  fantasy  paranormal  magic  queer  vampires  m-m
  • Blood of Heirs by Alicia Wanstall-Burke

    Blood of Heirs by Alicia Wanstall-Burke

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Lidan Tolak is the fiercest of her father’s daughters; more than capable of one day leading her clan. But caught between her warring parents, Lidan’s world begins to unravel when another of her father’s wives falls pregnant...
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    high fantasy  medieval  fantasy  magic  war  dark  vikings  historical
  • Fyneshade by Kate Griffin

    Fyneshade by Kate Griffin

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and silent servants. But not I. For they have far more to fear from me...On the day of her grandmother's funeral, Marta discovers that she is to be sent to be governess at Fyneshade, her charge the young daughter of the owner, Sir William Pritchard.All is not well at Fyneshade...
  • Winter Be My Shield by Jo Spurrier

    Winter Be My Shield by Jo Spurrier

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A complex, adult epic fantasy from a new Australian author ... original, dramatic, unputdownable ... Sierra has a despised and forbidden gift - she raises power from the suffering of others.Enslaved by the king's torturer, Sierra escapes, barely keeping ahead of Rasten, the man sent to hunt her down...
  • Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

    Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England's witchcraft trials.Who is the real Hester Prynne?Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward...
  • The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

    The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dangerous, otherworldly forest.At the northern edge of a land ruled by a monstrous, foreign tyrant lies the wild forest known as the Elmever. The villagers know better than to let their children go near—once someone goes in, they never come back out...
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    high fantasy  mystery  fantasy  horror  dark  historical  magic  fae
  • Mind of the Phoenix by Jamie McLachlan

    Mind of the Phoenix by Jamie McLachlan

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Moira is a powerful empath, a psychic graced with the ability to read emotions and memories. Her skill is as much a curse as a gift, for in the harshly stratified city of Braxton empaths are slaves. Clever and beautiful, Moira has learned to rely on no one but herself. Determined to escape life as a concubine, she kills her master, and is imprisoned for the crime...
  • Tempting the Monster by Hayley Faiman

    Tempting the Monster by Hayley Faiman

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The family has one motto and a list of rules.The family isn’t something you join.You can only be born into it.The family is mine.I am the family’s.Until I see her.She doesn’t see me.But, I must have her.I need to own her...
  • Das geheime Turmzimmer: 2 CDs by Laura Andersen

    Das geheime Turmzimmer: 2 CDs by Laura Andersen

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Gallagher family has called Deeprath Castle home for seven hundred years. Nestled in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland, the estate is now slated to become a public trust, and book lover and scholar Carragh Ryan is hired to take inventory of its historic library...
  • Crimson Peak by Nancy Holder

    Crimson Peak by Nancy Holder

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth behind Crimson Peak. From acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro...
  • The King's Dragon by W.M. Fawkes, Sam Burns

    The King's Dragon by W.M. Fawkes, Sam Burns

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Lord Tristram Radcliffe has a secret—he is the only dragon at the king’s court in Llangard. It’s a secret he’s kept from the knights he’s fought beside, from the ladies who bat their lashes at him, and from his closest companion, Prince Reynold...
  • Cursed by Lucy Leroux

    Cursed by Lucy Leroux

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Isobel Sterling is a governess with many secrets—including an uncanny ability she's been hiding her whole life, until the day arrives when she has to use it to save herself from a madman. But first she has to master it. Fast. Governess Isobel Sterling feels fortunate to have found a safe haven in the Montgomery household. The children are kind and the lord and lady of the house leave her alone...
  • The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

    The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in this beguiling debut novel that brilliantly brings to life the residents of a small English town in the grip of the seventeenth-century witch trials and the young woman tasked with saving them all from themselves. England, 1643. Puritanical fervor has gripped the nation...
  • Prince of the Undying by Karen Kincy

    Prince of the Undying by Karen Kincy

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    He’s a necromancer. An abomination. And he’s my ruin. When I hunt down the Prince of the Undying, he’s bleeding out on the battlefield. His forbidden magic violates death itself. With his bare hands, he can revive corpses and command the dead. After I save his life, he falls to one knee and swears undying loyalty to me. We should be enemies, but he's mine now...
  • The Fireborne Blade by Charlotte Bond

    The Fireborne Blade by Charlotte Bond

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 24 ratings
    Kill the dragon. Find the blade. Reclaim your honor.It’s that, or end up like countless knights before her, as a puddle of gore and molten armor.Maddileh is a knight. There aren’t many women in her line of work, and it often feels like the sneering and contempt from her peers is harder to stomach than the actual dragon slaying. But she’s a knight, and made of sterner stuff...
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    high fantasy  suspense  medieval  mystery  fantasy  magic  horror  dark
  • The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

    The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 57 ratings
    The Handmaid's Tale for a new generation . . . In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet's word is law, Immanuelle Moore's very existence is blasphemy...
  • Whispers in the Waters by Sarah Chislon

    Whispers in the Waters by Sarah Chislon

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ladies don’t shame their families. Ladies don’t confront Otherwordly threats.Ladies certainly don’t admit some taint of the fae has touched their souls—unless they wish to find themselves confined to an Institution.Gently-bred herbalist Jessa Caldwell is trying to be a lady. She conceals her true nature amongst her plants and her sketches—where she can almost shut out the whispers she alone hears...
  • Faces Under Water by Tanith Lee

    Faces Under Water by Tanith Lee

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the world-renowned fantasy author of The Secret Books of Paradys comes a chilling new fantasy series of alchemy and horror. In this new series, Tanith Lee weaves intricate plots around the elements of water, fire, earth, and air. The first in this new series, Faces Under Water immerses readers in the timeless beauty of Venice and the secret terror that lies beneath...
  • Bohemian Gospel by Dana Chamblee Carpenter

    Bohemian Gospel by Dana Chamblee Carpenter

    Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Set against the historical reign of the Golden and Iron King, Bohemian Gospel is the remarkable tale of a bold and unusual girl on a quest to uncover her past and define her destiny.Thirteenth-century Bohemia is a dangerous place for a girl, especially one as odd as Mouse, born with unnatural senses and an uncanny intellect. Some call her a witch. Others call her an angel...
  • The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

    The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 56 ratings
    Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches... In the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz’s father is executed and her home destroyed...
  • Nothing Above by A. Marie

    Nothing Above by A. Marie

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    I was hired to steal something, not someone.But that changes when I see her, asleep in her cushy marital bed.We live in the same town but our worlds couldn’t be more different. So I insert myself in hers by getting a job working directly under her.Seeing her every day isn’t enough. I want her nights, too. I want her everything, including the secrets she refuses to share...
  • Wyjść z mroku by Anne Stuart

    Wyjść z mroku by Anne Stuart

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A silent scream, a bloodstained knife...A century past, the faceless killer had strolled out of the London fog and into history, the most infamous murderer who ever lived. And only reporter J. R. Damien knew he had never died, could never die. It was impossible, and yet it was true--Saucy Jack was back, plying his trade in the back alleys of Venice, California.. .
  • Uncle Silas : by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Uncle Silas : by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Uncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram-Haugh", is an 1864 Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike...
  • The Tutor by Bonnie Dee

    The Tutor by Bonnie Dee

    Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Gothic romance with a twist. Elements of The Sound of Music, The Enchanted Garden, Jane Eyre, and “true” ghost hunting shows make this story feel familiar. Gay love makes it unique. Seeing an ad for a position at a Yorkshire estate, typesetter Graham Cowrie decides to make an upward career move by passing himself off as a tutor...
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    suspense  mystery  magic  m-m  dark  paranormal  fantasy  victorian
  • The Lost History of Dreams by Kris Waldherr

    The Lost History of Dreams by Kris Waldherr

    Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A post-mortem photographer unearths dark secrets of the past that may hold the key to his future, in this captivating debut novel in the gothic tradition of Wuthering Heights and The Thirteenth Tale.All love stories are ghost stories in disguise...
  • Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

    Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 92 ratings
    On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born, the third child of a wealthy English banker and his wife. Sadly, she dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in any number of ways...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  historical  magic  dark  paranormal  war  fantasy
  • The White Queen by P.J. Fox

    The White Queen by P.J. Fox

    Rated: 3.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 15 ratings
    The captivating sequel to The Demon of Darkling Reach… Having survived the harrowing experience of her courtship, Isla must now make a decision. A decision that will affect the course of her life and that, if she chooses unwisely, indeed might end that life before it’s truly begun...
  • Dracula in Love by Karen Essex

    Dracula in Love by Karen Essex

    Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    In this wonderfully transporting novel, award-winning author Karen Essex turns a timeless classic inside out, spinning a haunting, erotic, and suspenseful story of eternal love and possession...
  • The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe

    The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe

    Rated: 3.41 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The Mysteries of Udolpho follows the fortunes of Emily St. Aubert, who suffers, among other misadventures, the death of her father, supernatural terrors in a gloomy castle and the machinations of an Italian brigand...
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