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  • Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 7 by Yuu Toyota

    Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 7 by Yuu Toyota

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male coworker's affections! Adachi’s job transfer to Nagasaki hangs over his relationship with Kurosawa like a harbinger of doom! But true to form, the pair reaffirm their feelings for each other and come to the decision that they can make it through anything,...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  humor  m-m  length-novella
  • Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 10 by Yuu Toyota

    Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 10 by Yuu Toyota

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Happily engaged, cohabiting, and planning their future, Adachi and Kurosawa are ready to tie the knot! However, the lead-up to their big day is full of anxiety and unknowns. Doors close on them one after another, whether it’s wedding venues turning them down or apartments that don’t accept gay couples. And then there’s the daunting task of coming out to their coworkers. .
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  m-m  fantasy  humor
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  • Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 12 by Yuu Toyota

    Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 12 by Yuu Toyota

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he’s the object of his male coworker’s affections! Adachi and Kurosawa’s married life hits the first bump in the road when Kurosawa just won’t slow down on a work project! After he brushes off Adachi’s requests to let him pull some of the weight, insisting on taking care of everything himself,...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  m-m  length-novella
  • Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 11 by Yuu Toyota

    Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 11 by Yuu Toyota

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    It’s A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he’s the object of his male coworker’s affections! Adachi and Kurosawa are enjoying their life as newlyweds! Some things have changed, others haven’t. Every day they spend together is happiness itself! Their honeymoon awaits. .
  • Love Nest, Vol. 2 by Yuu Minaduki

    Love Nest, Vol. 2 by Yuu Minaduki

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A real-life odd couple navigate roommates and heartbreaks in this Sayonara Game spin-off. A brokenhearted Masato moves into his friend’s second home looking for some peace and quiet, but instead he finds a man who’s very much not his type already occupying the space...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  fantasy  length-medium
  • Don't Be Cruel, Vol. 07 by Yonezou Nekota

    Don't Be Cruel, Vol. 07 by Yonezou Nekota

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a playboy falls for a nerd, chemistry results in an explosive reaction! Playboy Maya catches studious Nemugasa cheating on a test, and to ensure his silence, Maya blackmails Nemugasa into doing whatever he wants! But is this merely just a ruse so Maya can spend more alone time with him? After spending a blissful night wrapped in each other’s arms, Maya and Nemugasa get a rude awakening when...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  m-m  fantasy  horror  length-short
  • The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence by Storm Constantine

    The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence by Storm Constantine

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Darquiel har Aralis lives among the hidden tribe of Olopade, in ignorance of his identity, and as he grows up, Darq realizes he is different from any other har. After a disastrous attempt to incept his closest friend, he attracts the attention of the mysterious Thiede, and learns that his origins are more astounding than he imagined...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  m-m  dystopian  contemporary  length-long
  • My Husband is Suffering from a Terminal Illness by Bu Hui Xia Qi, 不会下棋

    My Husband is Suffering from a Terminal Illness by Bu Hui Xia Qi, 不会下棋

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Xie Yang has spent many years in the apocalypse and is tired and worn out. Then he transmigrated into a simple and superficial novel about the entertainment circle. The protagonist of the novel was handsome, smart, and reborn. The female protagonist of the novel was beautiful, inspirational, and had a golden finger. Some male and female roles were also beautiful and had a deep background...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  contemporary  m-m  length-epic
  • The Rifter Book Three: His Sacred Bones by Ginn Hale

    The Rifter Book Three: His Sacred Bones by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The final volume of The Rifter Series. John Toffler never saw himself as a soldier, but now with a bounty on his head and the Payshmura forces gathering, he knows he must do all he can to save those he loves. But even he may not be able to control the terrible forces that lie hidden within his sacred bones.
  • The Rifter Book Two: The Holy Road by Ginn Hale

    The Rifter Book Two: The Holy Road by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Once, John Toffler's concerns were limited to wringing rent out of his mysterious roommate, Kyle, and measuring the growth rate of moss for his graduate studies. Then one morning he opened a letter intended for Kyle and his ordinary, modern life vanished...
  • Don't Be Cruel, Vol. 08 by Yonezou Nekota

    Don't Be Cruel, Vol. 08 by Yonezou Nekota

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a playboy falls for a nerd, chemistry results in an explosive reaction! Playboy Maya catches studious Nemugasa cheating on a test, and to ensure his silence, Maya blackmails Nemugasa into doing whatever he wants! But is this merely just a ruse so Maya can spend more alone time with him? It’s been a while since Maya and Nemugasa have had any alone time, so they can’t help but go a little...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  fantasy  horror  length-short
  • Come to Me by Megan Derr

    Come to Me by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The roles of High Paladin and High Necromancer do not allow for much free time, even less where they might spend it together. When they do finally obtain some time to spend with each other, Sorin and Koray find there are still doubts and fears between them that will take more than time to overcome. ..
  • Cleanly Wrong by Mell Eight

    Cleanly Wrong by Mell Eight

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rung is a half-breed orphan brownie who can't do anything right, much to the worry of his cleanliness teachers. When he runs away, Rung decides that he can resist the need to clean. Only, there is that one office that so desperately needs help. ..
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  m-m  length-novella
  • Battle of Will by Sasha L. Miller

    Battle of Will by Sasha L. Miller

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At a memorial service meant to honor the dead and mark the beginning of a truce between Skirfall and Morcia, Ackley spies a figure who does not belong—a mage interrogator whose presence will only cause harm should the Morcians realize who he is and all the people he has tortured...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  m-m  length-long
  • Change World, Vol. 2 by Yuu Minaduki

    Change World, Vol. 2 by Yuu Minaduki

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A longtime crush has blossomed into a dream relationship in this Sayonara Game sequel, until a ghost from the past suddenly appears. Ever since Yosuke confessed his long-held feelings for Arimura, his life with his new boyfriend has been a dream. But when a work colleague and former college classmate enters the scene, his dream relationship faces its first threat...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  m-m  fantasy  horror  length-short
  • The Trouble with Magic by Sasha L. Miller

    The Trouble with Magic by Sasha L. Miller

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A trinity of stories about magic, and all the trouble that arises when magic and emotion collide. The Dragon Slayer —Tane has been banished to a remote village and bound there by magic. With nowhere else to go and nothing better to do, he has taken the village under his care and protects it by killing the dragons that plague the area...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  m-m  length-short
  •  (Un)Masked by Anyta Sunday, Andrew Q. Gordon

    (Un)Masked by Anyta Sunday, Andrew Q. Gordon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Jay Walker has two wishes: to perform the play of his dreams alongside his best friend at Wellington’s Tory Street Theatre, and to meet that special someone. Someone he’d go to the ends of the earth for. Someone who might only exist in fairy tales. When Jay meets accordion busker Lethe Cross, it’s like living a dream come true...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  contemporary  m-m  length-short
  • Frostwick by Megan Derr

    Frostwick by Megan Derr

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    To save the life of the crown prince, Starwick took a curse upon himself, but the curse leaves him in excruciating pain alleviated only by Tyrwick, the king's bastard son and a man who has always despised Starwick...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  m-m  length-novella
  • 意外标记 (穿书) Accidental Mark by Die Zhiling, 蝶之靈

    意外标记 (穿书) Accidental Mark by Die Zhiling, 蝶之靈

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Pei Shaoze unintentionally heard about a novel called Accidental Mark. Once he woke up, he found he had transmigrated into the alpha scumbag in the book, Pei Shaoze. The omega protagonist of the novel, Cheng Xia happened to have his pheromones out of control...
    Categorized as:
    queer  omegaverse  fantasy  contemporary  m-m  length-epic
  • Change World, Vol. 1 by Yuu Minaduki

    Change World, Vol. 1 by Yuu Minaduki

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Yosuke had a crush on Arimura—an upperclassman from his high school baseball team—for years before he finally confessed his feelings. And even after a year of being his boyfriend, every day still feels like a dream...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  m-m  fantasy  horror  length-short
  • Gold Standard by Kyell Gold

    Gold Standard by Kyell Gold

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Here are nine stories spanning Kyell Gold's career to date, including four Ursa Major Award-winning short stories and one story nominated for a WSFA Small Press Science Fiction award. Three of the stories originally appeared as stand-alone stories online and were later incorporated into the award-winning novels "Waterways" and "Out of Position. "...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  m-m  length-short
  • Soaring With Hawk by Sean Michael

    Soaring With Hawk by Sean Michael

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When factory worker Jester lets supervisor Hawk convince him to visit the Velvet Glove, he has no idea what to expect. Hawk treats Jester with kindness, and soon enough, Hawk wants Jester to move in and be with him for the rest of their lives. Jester's family are less than thrilled, but when he thinks he has nowhere else to go, he discovers that he'll always have a place with Hawk...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  m-m  length-novella
  • At a Stranger's Mercy by Brittany Cournoyer

    At a Stranger's Mercy by Brittany Cournoyer

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Making eye contact with a killer wasn’t exactly how Bradley Danforth had planned to start his day. As an accountant, he craved structure and routine. What he hadn’t anticipated was being part of a real-life murder mystery with him cast in the starring role. Death and sorrow were part of Max Donohue’s job description, leaving the detective hardened after years on the job...
  • Alexandria Rising: Book 1 of The Alexandria Rising Chronicles by Mark Wallace Maguire

    Alexandria Rising: Book 1 of The Alexandria Rising Chronicles by Mark Wallace Maguire

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For fans of The Bourne Identity and The Da Vinci Code, comes a new edge of your seat adventure. Rand O'Neal, an ambition-less newspaper reporter, is given a single task upon the death of his grandfather: Destroy a mysterious map...
  • The Oracle's Hatchling by Mell Eight

    The Oracle's Hatchling by Mell Eight

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Ling is hated because his birth killed his mother. He hopes that testing will ease his troubles—either his rank will be so low that everyone forgets about him, or it will be so high they'll be forced to respect him. What he doesn't expect is to walk out of the testing chamber with an egg emblazoned on his back...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  m-m  length-novella
  • Love Voice (Yaoi Manga) Vol. 1 by Hongou

    Love Voice (Yaoi Manga) Vol. 1 by Hongou

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everyday, Haruya looks forward to the announcement made by the school's library. He can't help but fall for the beautiful voice that comes from the intercom. Lo and behold he meets the voice's owner one day at the library. It belongs to a student in the same year called Takashina who is labeled as unapproachable and cold by other students...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  fantasy  length-short
  • Leave No Trace by Sammi Cee, Michelle Frost

    Leave No Trace by Sammi Cee, Michelle Frost

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A hitman with a reputation. A boy with a past. Trace took a job at The Anonymous—the most exclusive club in the city—for a very specific reason. Only now that he’s there, he’s not sure how to get what he needs. He sure didn’t expect a killer Daddy to help him figure it out. Kol always closes his contracts, and he never leaves loose ends...
  • To Get to You by Sasha L. Miller

    To Get to You by Sasha L. Miller

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Madison does not like Adam, not even a little bit. He’s a jerk in every sense of the word, and Madison wants nothing to do with him. But Madison can’t bring himself to simply leave a mage to suffer when it’s in his power to help—and as he is the only available fire mage on campus, he is literally the only one who can help Adam bind his negative energies...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  m-m  length-novella
  • 清茶甜酒 [Light Tea, Sweet Wine] by 月半丁

    清茶甜酒 [Light Tea, Sweet Wine] by 月半丁

    Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    After he was differentiated into an Omega, Chen Xun was like a scrap of dirty paper. He no longer owns anything, his love and self-respect were in tatters. But he came across Rong Chuyun. Rong Chuyun patched him up completely. —. Omega x Omega pair.
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  fantasy  contemporary  omegaverse  length-epic
  • Casper Gets His Wish by R. Cooper

    Casper Gets His Wish by R. Cooper

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Casper Silverbell is a grumpity elf, and with good reason. As an accountant at the North Pole, he gets no respect from most of the creative elves who don't see his job as important. The only joys in his life are his pet polar bears, his love of fine tailoring, and his monthly spats with the head of Gift Development. Did he say joy? He meant to say annoyance...
  • Shadowdance by Robin Wayne Bailey

    Shadowdance by Robin Wayne Bailey

    Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Paralyzed since birth, a young man named Innowen happens upon a sorceress along the road. She grants him the ability to walk, but there are two conditions: he can only walk between dusk and dawn and, to keep this ability to walk, he must dance each night. What at first seems harmless comes with a sinister price...
  • Cookies for Courting by Amber Kell

    Cookies for Courting by Amber Kell

    Rated: 3.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Tale of the Curious Cookbook. .. After his sister’s death, businessman Marshall Hunter gains custody of his niece. Unused to children, Marshall struggles to connect with her. In an effort to make her more comfortable in her new home, he hires professional muralist Pace Barlow to personalize her room...
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