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  • Fish in a Barrel by Amy Lane

    Fish in a Barrel by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Jackson and Ellery face their toughest case yet—against the criminal justice system itself.Jackson Rivers and Ellery Cramer have worked difficult jobs before, but usually it’s getting the facts that’s the problem. For their newest client, the trouble isn’t finding the truth—it’s corruption at the highest levels of the justice system...
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    mystery  queer  contemporary  m-m  suspense  paranormal  fantasy  humor
  • Dead Man's Chest by Pandora Pine

    Dead Man's Chest by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One phone call can change everything.Sick of snow and ice, psychic Tennyson Grimm jumps at the chance to head to Florida for a little fun in the sun. While sitting on the beach, his phone rings with a call from prison inmate River Ramsey who has a startling “You don’t know me, but I’m your brother...
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  • Ghost in the Box by Pandora Pine

    Ghost in the Box by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A killer is on the loose in Salem who not only wants to take your life, but your soul as well…Psychic Copeland Forbes anonymously receives a locked wooden box with an unknown spirit trapped inside. Attached to the chest is a cryptic May you get what you truly deserve...
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    mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  magic  fantasy  suspense
  • Smoke in the Mirror by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Smoke in the Mirror by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Memphis Sullivan thought he was coming to Blissville to help his cousin out, but instead, he gained three meddlesome females, a tribe, and a permanent home. More than a year later, he owns a popular comic book and vinyl record store and doesn’t think his life could get any better...
  • The Haunted Hotel by Vawn Cassidy

    The Haunted Hotel by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Have a frightfully good stay… Morgan Ashton-Drake hasn’t given his ancestral family home in Yorkshire a second thought in decades, even if it is technically part of his hotel empire. He has a great life in the States, so what if he works eighteen hour days seven days a week? you don’t get and keep a place on the Forbes 500 list unless you’re prepared to sweat blood...
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    mystery  queer  fantasy  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  humor  suspense
  • Dead Wood by Pandora Pine

    Dead Wood by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the harrowing events aboard the ghost train, Detective Ronan O’Mara is excited to reach the Double D Ranch in Deadwood, South Dakota. He plans to immerse himself in the old west by learning to ride horses, panning for gold and attending a rodeo. It’s the perfect mix of rest and relaxation he so desperately needs...
  • Dead For Teacher by Pandora Pine

    Dead For Teacher by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In 1968, three school children were allegedly poisoned to death by their teacher, Marie Fairbanks. A week later, Ms. Fairbanks was murdered, and the cops marked it off as a justifiable homicide. Case closed. No further investigation needed.Now, Detective Ronan O’Mara’s daughter has encountered the spirits of those dead children and Everly’s determined to help them rest in peace...
  • Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura

    Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From Storm in Heaven:Rakan lives alone, and the plants in his garden grow so thick and fast that it seems like a jungle. One day a man, holding a gun made of wood, falls right down into his garden. He seems to come from another world, and he's searching for someone who can bring back the green into his own dark and inhospitable world...
  • Lock Nut by J.L. Merrow

    Lock Nut by J.L. Merrow

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Still waters run deadly.Tom Paretski, plumber with a talent for finding hidden things, and his private investigator fiancé Phil Morrison have been hired to locate a runaway husband, Jonathan Parrot. The job seems simple enough—until their quarry turns up dead in a canal, and a photofit of Tom’s face is splashed all over the news, making him chief suspect...
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    mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  humor  fantasy  suspense
  • Sexting with a Ghost by Ashlynn Mills

    Sexting with a Ghost by Ashlynn Mills

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    DarcyStarting over isn't easy. My boyfriend was abusive, my family controlling, and I lost my studio where I kept most of my work. The new room I'm renting isn't much to look at but the owner said I could use the basement as a new working space. Weird things start to happen the more I go down there and even though I'm the only person in the room, I can't help but get a feeling I'm not alone...
  • Lawful Mates by Liam Kingsley

    Lawful Mates by Liam Kingsley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I can’t believe my mate is covering for a criminal …I’m investigating the disappearance of a senator’s son, and I can’t help but think the man is as dirty as they come. When I see he’s hired Percy to be his lawyer it makes me sick. The alpha is supposed to be my fated mate, but I could never want a man who protects criminals...
  • Spirits & Sunflowers by A.D. Armistead, Austin Daniel

    Spirits & Sunflowers by A.D. Armistead, Austin Daniel

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Adrian Sharp can speak with the dead, but only when they choose to listen.Devastated by the recent death of his husband, Adrian has been relying upon his necromantic gifts to try and bridge the gap between the living and the dead, feeling more and more like a ghost himself with each failure...
    Categorized as:
    witches  queer  contemporary  paranormal  fantasy  magic  m-m
  • Downtime by Tamara Allen

    Downtime by Tamara Allen

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    On assignment in London, FBI Agent Morgan Nash finds himself moments away from a bullet through the heart when the case he's working goes awry. But fate has other plans, he discovers when he wakes in a world far removed from his own...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  suspense  magic  paranormal  fantasy  m-m
  • Grand Adventures by John Amory, J.E. Birk

    Grand Adventures by John Amory, J.E. Birk

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On September 1, 2011, TJ Klune wrote, "...it's not about the ending, it's about the journey..." in a review of Eric Arvin's Woke Up in a Strange Place. With those words, two men began a journey of love and invited us to ride along. TJ and Eric have shared so much with us: their wonderful books, their smiles, their humor, their lives, and their inspiring devotion to each other...
  • Ghostly Dilemma by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Dilemma by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes it's the little cases.Not every minute of being a detective is spent solving huge murder cases. Sometimes it's the little ones that take up Detective Young's life, like the seventy-year-old cold case that suddenly fell into his lap or figuring out if a death was suicide or murder.Lance spends most of his time working cases that no one hears about...
  • To Find Him and Love Him Again, Volume 1 by Harper Fox

    To Find Him and Love Him Again, Volume 1 by Harper Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    (Author’s note and warning: this is Volume One of Two in this tenth Tyack & Frayne story, and does have a cliffhanger end! Volume Two is available to pre-order from Amazon now with a release date of August 2020...
  • Dead Man's Quill by Jordan Castillo Price

    Dead Man's Quill by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It’s all fun and games until someone loses a hand. Dixon has been dying to introduce Yuri to Uncle Fonzo, the Hand of his family, and now he’ll finally get that chance. All they need to do is meet him at a traveling carnival with an unused piece of Spellcraft. Easy peasy, right? Not even a little. And even worse, they might encounter a clown...
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    mystery  queer  m-m  humor  fantasy  magic  paranormal  contemporary
  • Midnight by Megan Derr

    Midnight by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lord Devlin White, Duke of Winterbourne, is the last in a long line of powerful witches who assist the Demon Lord of London in keeping control of the Nightwalkers living amongst normal men. With all but one of his siblings gone to the new American colonies, his proud family line all but ended, Devlin is kept from gloom and despair only by unusual ward, Midnight...
  • The Bastard Prince by Megan Derr

    The Bastard Prince by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Reyes O'Bannon lives a fairly quiet life, despite his role as the King's secretary. His days are filled with appointments, paperwork, and avoiding the romantic attentions of Kinnaird, the Duke of Keyes; attentions that become harder to ignore with each passing day..
  • Illuminate by Lisa Oliver

    Illuminate by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Stefan de Marco was looking for a position... again. Being a high scoring magical anchor was only useful in his world when he had someone to partner with. His slender body and elfin looks meant he was usually only chosen to anchor people who believed his duties should extend well past working hours, and that wasn't something Stefan was interested in...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  magic  demons  contemporary
  • Walk a Mile by Sarah Madison

    Walk a Mile by Sarah Madison

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sequel to Unspeakable Words Six months after starting their hunt for a serial killer who is still at large, FBI agents Jerry Lee Parker and John Flynn are partners in every sense. But Jerry has serious doubts about their relationship and whether they would even be together if not for the way Flynn changed after touching a mysterious artifact in a museum...
  • Ghostly Death by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Death by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When teenagers start dying around town, it's up to Detective Angus Young to figure out if the cases are connected and who would want them dead.Lance is one of the city's medical examiners and has a talent he doesn't share with many people — he sees ghosts.Helping his boyfriend figure out who wants these kids dead just became his number one job...
  • Willowhope Manor by Sammi Cee

    Willowhope Manor by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “There’s no time. Remember Willowhope Manor.”All Chance wants is a change of pace and a little excitement, so opening a B&B in a town surrounded by ghost stories sounds like the perfect solution.Throw in Jett, the super-sexy handyman, who is as willing to work him over as he is to help return the manor to its former glory, and Chance knows he made the right decision...
  • Stargazing with a Ghost by K.L. Hiers

    Stargazing with a Ghost by K.L. Hiers

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Grant Mittel is the Paranormal Probe's secret weapon for ghost hunting: he's a medium.His ability to communicate with the dead is put to the ultimate test when the crew takes on an unprecedented challenge—living at the famously haunted Allan Hotel for three months to film the new season of their ghost hunting show...
  • Ghostly Hostage by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Hostage by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Back from vacation, Lance is ready to dive back into work—that is, until the morgue employees are taken hostage on his first day back. Held at gunpoint was not how he thought he'd spend his day. With their lives on the line, Lance and the others have no choice but to follow orders and perform the autopsy that's been demanded.Angus never dreamed he'd be the one worrying about Lance being killed...
  • The Ghost in the Mirror by Faith Gibson

    The Ghost in the Mirror by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What do you do when you have no memories of your life except the one moment that took everything away? My name is Dex and I'm a Marine. Somewhere in the horrors of the sand overseas, an explosion took out not only most of my unit but also my memories of everything that happened before that day. When my memories don’t return, the explosion also ends my career in the military...
  • Sight and Sinners by Susan Mac Nicol

    Sight and Sinners by Susan Mac Nicol

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE MEN OF LONDONFrom Charing Cross to Waterloo, there’s no escaping love.SEEING THROUGH…28-year-old Draven Samuels has a tragic past, but as an investigator with a high-profile London company he now gets what he wants. Tough, sarcastic, and sceptical, he has no patience for lies and even less for people who waste his time. Even if they’re as beautiful as the wild and dark-haired Taylor Abelard...
  • No Friends in Abergwyn by Ripley Hayes

    No Friends in Abergwyn by Ripley Hayes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Abergwyn seemed a lot more exciting with Lorne. And that was before the camper van convoy arrived.Peter Tudor was coming to terms with his quiet life as a district nurse when a bunch of strangers turn up to visit his maybe-boyfriend Lorne Stewart. They bring a mysterious package, secrets and jealousy from the past, and magic that even sceptical Peter can't ignore...
  • Seizing Dreams [夺梦] by Arise Zhang, 非天夜翔

    Seizing Dreams [夺梦] by Arise Zhang, 非天夜翔

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Within the dream of the dreamer, the one who was dreamed of awoke.… Borges“I exist in the sunlight, the wind, between the heavens and the earth, and also in dreams.”One night, Yu Hao, a college student who was at his wits’ end had an unexpected encounter with a mysterious visitor – “General” – who had dream traveled...
  • Not a Mermaid by Madeline Kirby

    Not a Mermaid by Madeline Kirby

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s July in Houston, and when heat waves and storm warnings finally give way to flooding rains, Jake Hillebrand’s strange dreams take a sinister turn. When the flood waters recede, the body of a young woman is found on the banks of Buffalo Bayou - a young woman whose life overlaps with that of Detective Victoria Perez...
  • The Bodyguard Book 2 by X. Aratare

    The Bodyguard Book 2 by X. Aratare

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Artifact is a gay detective romance series from Raythe Reign. The books contain a sexy bodyguard, his determined young client, an ancient golden sarcophagus, and unsolved mysteries in both their pasts... Dane Gareis thought that he would be broken forever - unable to be touched by any man after surviving a terrible assault...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  m-m  fantasy  paranormal  contemporary  suspense  magic
  • The Haunting of Lockton by Jaclyn Osborn

    The Haunting of Lockton by Jaclyn Osborn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Ivy Grove was a ghost hunter gold mine.At least, that’s what Skyler and his twin brother believe when traveling to the sleepy little town for their ghost hunting web series. Their goal? Investigate the notoriously haunted Lockton Asylum.Paxton doesn’t like people. Well, living ones. His ghost best friend—and housemate—is the only one he lets down his guard with...
  • Ghostly Findings by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Findings by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 14 ratings
    As a medical examiner, seeing ghosts has its advantages. After being informed by a ghost that there is a mass grave in the area, Lance and Detective Angus Young feel the fallout. As one investigates the murders, the other investigates the bodies, both trying to piece together what happened. Luckily, the dead aren't all silent...
  • The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye

    The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In this lush, magical, queer, and feminist take on Hamlet in modern-day New York City, a neuro-atypical philosopher, along with his best friend Horatio and artist ex-fiancé Lia, are caught up in the otherworldly events surrounding the death of his father.Meet Ben brilliant, devastating, devoted, honest to a fault (truly, a fault)...
  • Love, Like Ghosts by Ally Blue

    Love, Like Ghosts by Ally Blue

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Truth. Lies. A century-old mystery. What a tangled web… A Bay City Paranormal Investigations story. At age eleven, Adrian Broussard accidentally used his mind to open a portal to another dimension. Now, ten years later, he’s successfully harnessed his strong psychokinetic abilities. In the process, he’s learned the lessons which have become the guiding principles of his life. Absolute truth...
  • Dead and Lost by Lou Harper

    Dead and Lost by Lou Harper

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Not all bodies want to remain buried. Leander Thorne makes his living as a psychic pet detective and moonlights as an unofficial police consultant. In his latter role he has agreed to help Detective Cora Bennet from the LAPD with a decades-old murder. Unfortunately, the victims bones refuse to talk to him...
  • The Haunting of St. Xavier by Carol Lynne, T.A. Chase

    The Haunting of St. Xavier by Carol Lynne, T.A. Chase

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Justice comes to all in time. Although empty for over fifty years, St. Xavier Monastery was still an awe inspiring structure and Jason Bentley thought he'd found the perfect location for his newest resort. Yet once construction begins to bring the magnificent building back to its former glory, odd events begin to occur. While the death of a stonemason shakes Jason, he decides to continue anyway...
  • Truth and Consequences by Sarah Madison

    Truth and Consequences by Sarah Madison

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sequel to Walk a Mile The Sixth Sense: Book Three When FBI agent Jerry Lee Parker wakes from a coma after a murderous attack on his life, he has no memory of his immediate past. In the blink of an eye, he has gone from having a nearly photographic memory to recalling nothing of the last six months of his life, including his partner and lover, John Flynn...
  • Out of Sight by K.C. Wells

    Out of Sight by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Detective Gary Mitchell and psychic Dan Porter have a new cold case to tackle, and new leads to research in the hunt for Gary’s brother’s killer. Their life in Boston has settled into a comfortable rhythm...
  • Finder Tolan by Megan Derr

    Finder Tolan by Megan Derr

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Born and raised in nowhere villages, having moved to more of the same, and with a worthless drunk for a master, all Tolan really wants out of life is his own shop and a steady income. Given he's usually left to train himself in Finding magic and do his master's job, that's probably not happening anytime soon...
  • A Demon's Heart by Catherine Lievens

    A Demon's Heart by Catherine Lievens

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chase is the only human who works in Hell’s Gate, the one hospital in Boston where demons can go when they need help. It doesn’t make for an easy or restful life, but Chase loves what he does, even though none of the humans he knows understand it. Thailor is a League demon—they’re the bogeymen of demons, working in the shadows to keep the city and its inhabitants safe...
  • Nelson & MacIlwraith by K. Sterling

    Nelson & MacIlwraith by K. Sterling

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Moon Murder Mysteries conclude…Nelson & Nox are hunting for the real killer behind the Moon Murder Mysteries, but they’re having to do that while preventing a god from getting what he wants.Curses abound and Nelson is learning more than he ever thought possible about sex magick, but will their love be enough?Nox is a little bit witchcraft. Nelson is a little bit Federal Bureau...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  witches  paranormal  m-m  magic  fantasy  contemporary
  • The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

    The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 45 ratings
    Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes—just in case—from the author of The Wishing Game...
  • Poison by Megan Derr

    Poison by Megan Derr

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nine gods ruled the world until the ultimate betrayal resulted in their destruction. Now, the world is dying and only by restoring the Lost Gods can it be saved. Verde is ruled by the mortal reincarnations of their Lost Gods: the Faerie Queen, the Pegasus, and the Unicorn, slain nine centuries ago at the base of their Sacred Oak...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  fantasy  suspense  magic  paranormal  m-m
  • Dead in the Desert by Lou Harper

    Dead in the Desert by Lou Harper

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jon Cooper used to think he wanted a life free of complications, but that was before he got involved with his roommate, Leander. Jon knows that the only thing he can't lose is what he doesn't have, but where does that leave him? Leander Thorne, on the other hand, is an easygoing bookworm, with an addiction to books and cooking shows, and a soft spot for Jon, despite Jon's grumpiness...
  • Preacher, Prophet, Beast by Harper Fox

    Preacher, Prophet, Beast by Harper Fox

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    This is the seventh book in the Tyack & Frayne Mystery series. Lee would gladly trade all his psychic gifts for a chance at ordinary life with his husband and his little girl. Three years into their marriage, they’re settled in their new home – but the House of Joy can’t shield them from an oncoming threat with the power to uproot their whole world...
  • No Accident at Abergwyn by Ripley Hayes

    No Accident at Abergwyn by Ripley Hayes

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ~ Tudor and Stewart Abergwyn Mysteries Book 1 : A gay cosy mystery ~ I just wanted to be a caring son. So why was I relying on gin and cake to keep the boredom at bay?Peter Tudor was an adrenaline-fuelled emergency nurse, until he decided his duty lay in caring for his disabled mother in the dull seaside village where he grew up...
  • Face Blind by J.L. Merrow

    Face Blind by J.L. Merrow

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found hereWhen even friends look like strangers, how will he ever find love?Corin Ferriman was left face blind by the car crash that killed his ex. Even people he’s known for years are unrecognisable to him...
  • The Lies We Tell by S.A. Payne

    The Lies We Tell by S.A. Payne

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Valentine York kept his life safe, simple and easy to deal with. He liked it that way, liked knowing everyday would be like every other day. He had his life planned out, the woman he'd marry, they home they'd share. Until his sister and her family are killed and his fiancé dumps him and his plans fall apart.Gavan Maddocks' life is complicated...
  • Third Eye by Rick R. Reed

    Third Eye by Rick R. Reed

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who knew that a summer thunderstorm and his lost little boy would conspire to change single dad Cayce D’Amico’s life in an instant? With Luke missing, Cayce ventures into the woods near their house to find his son, only to have lightning strike a tree near him, sending a branch down on his head...
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