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  • The Heart's Blood Arrow by Kai Butler

    The Heart's Blood Arrow by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    An old nemesis is out for blood…. Parker Ferro’s life would be easier if his enemies stayed gone. When the man responsible for the death of Parker’s mother breaks out of prison, Parker finds himself in the crosshairs of the Bureau of Paranormal Threats when he tracks the criminal down...
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    mystery  vampires  suspense  queer  urban fantasy  m-m  paranormal  fae
  • FANGS, Volume 2 by Billy Balibally

    FANGS, Volume 2 by Billy Balibally

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 31 ratings
    "What kind of guy is unlucky enough to get bitten. .. and survive? ". As the sole survivor of a vampire attack, En wakes up to find that his hair has gone white as snow. .. and, worse, that he's developed a craving of his own for blood. Fortunately, the vampire health and welfare organization FANGS is there to help with the transition, and the handsome Ichii steps up as his guardian and mentor...
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  • A Gilded Iron Blade by Kai Butler

    A Gilded Iron Blade by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Saving the city was supposed to be the hard part. .. Parker Ferro can’t catch a break. After saving San Amaro from destruction for the second time and reconciling with his boyfriend, his current plans are to relax on his couch until his ears stop ringing. Unfortunately, the thousand realms he just saved have a way of yanking him back into service and the dead have come back to haunt him...
  • Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler

    Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Someone’s cat is missing and Parker Ferro, San Amaro’s best paranormal PI can’t find it. When Parker goes looking for the wayward feline, he finds himself facing witches’ familiars, dead bodies, and shadows that move. The further into San Amaro’s underbelly Parker goes looking, the more he realizes that he is heading somewhere completely new...
  • Legend of Exorcism: Tianbao Fuyao Lu (Novel) Vol. 3 (Legend of Exorcism: Tianbao Fuyao Lu (Novel) #3) by Fei Tian Ye Xiang

    Legend of Exorcism: Tianbao Fuyao Lu (Novel) Vol. 3 (Legend of Exorcism: Tianbao Fuyao Lu (Novel) #3) by Fei Tian Ye Xiang

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    GUARDIAN OF DREAMS. With the help of Mergen, Hongjun and Li Jinglong have successfully roused the ghost king from his waking dream—but the danger is not yet over. The group soon learns that the one responsible for entrapping the ghost king is none other than the white deer Mergen seeks, a god of dreams who has fallen under the sway of the mysterious yao king...
  • Loveless, Volume 06 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan

    Loveless, Volume 06 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    When 12-year-old Ritsuka discovers a message from his brother Seimei that he was murdered, Ritsuka joins forces with Soubi to find Seimei's killer and uncover the truth.
  • Loveless, Volume 08 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan

    Loveless, Volume 08 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    How can you find happiness when your very name is Loveless? Seimei is back with a vengeance, and it's Beloved vs...
  • Loveless, Volume 07 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan

    Loveless, Volume 07 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    When 12-year-old Ritsuka discovers a message from his brother Seimei that he was murdered, Ritsuka joins forces with Soubi to find Seimei's killer and uncover the truth.
  • 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...
  • 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.
  • Two Thousand Blades by Jocelynn Drake

    Two Thousand Blades by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    There’s no escape from a dragon’s hoard. Xiang thought his biggest problem was going to be defeating the fae. Nope. Right now, it's escaping this dragon's hoard. The dragon, who tried to eat his clanmate, grabbed Xiang instead, and now Xiang is trapped. And he’s not the only one who needs to escape the dragon’s lair...
  • Ghostridden by E.J. Russell

    Ghostridden by E.J. Russell

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When ghostwriter Maz Amani inherits a house from an uncle he’s never heard of, he offers heartfelt thanks to the universe, packs up his car, his cat, and his skepticism about mysterious uncles leaving all their worldly goods to unknown nephews, and high-tails it to a small town halfway to the Oregon coast. Anything would be better than week after week of couch surfing his way around Portland...
  • Dead & Buried by T.K. Eldridge

    Dead & Buried by T.K. Eldridge

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Detectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then one of them died. And yet, they're still partners. Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of...
  • Jasper by Faith Gibson

    Jasper by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jasper Jenkins was a solitary Gargoyle, feeling like he didn’t truly belong to a clan, until he moved to New Atlanta and joined the Stone Society. Now that he’s finally settling in, his past has reared its evil Gargoyle head and is targeting those around him, including the quirky M. E. ’s assistant who happens to be his mate. Trevor McKenzie’s life is no stranger to heartache and loneliness...
  • A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott, Amy Griswold

    A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott, Amy Griswold

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 16 ratings
    In the sequel to Lambda Literary Award-winning Death by Silver, metaphysician Ned Mathey and private detective Julian Lynes again challenge magical and murderous threats in a Victorian London not quite the city in our history books. Mathey is recruited by Scotland Yard to assist the new Metaphysical Crimes Squad in the case of a literally heartless corpse...
  • No Souls On The River by M. Kato

    No Souls On The River by M. Kato

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Homicide detective Hayashi Teruo and his partner, Miyazaki Shinji are juggling their personal and work lives, trying to keep their relationship a secret from their colleagues at the Tōkyō MPD. In the supernatural realm, the souls of the dead are disappearing from the Sanzu River, before they have reached the end of their journey in the afterlife...
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    mystery  queer  suspense  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  magic  contemporary
  • Psycop Partners by Jordan Castillo Price

    Psycop Partners by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Featuring two PsyCop novels, Among the Living and Criss Cross, this volume will leave you on the edge of you seat, wanting more! In Among the Living, Victor is a PsyCop, also known as a member of the Paranormal Investigation team. He's not popular with the living, as most people consider him a little odd, but the ghosts of violent crimes can't wait to tell him all about their deaths...
  • Moonlight Phoenixes by Alexa Piper

    Moonlight Phoenixes by Alexa Piper

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    "You know, I… this is going to sound insensitive, but I'm glad you got murdered, that day on the subway. I can't imagine my life without you. I don't want to. I'm really badly in love with you. ". Amory has burned for his Soyer, and now, Amory is no longer what he was, no longer human. He has come to embrace both his change and the overprotective Soyer...
  • Envy: Wolves of Resurrection Road by Kiki Burrelli

    Envy: Wolves of Resurrection Road by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Savage. Charming. Alpha. Camel always gets what he wants. Except now, the one thing he wants is the one thing he can’t have. His first pack taught him that anything could be taken away if he wasn’t willing to fight for it...
  • Endless Knight by Nazri Noor

    Endless Knight by Nazri Noor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Thirteen witches. Five swords. One sacrifice. Dustin Graves is grotesquely outnumbered. Agatha Black has completed her Coven of One, splitting her soul across thirteen bodies. One power-hungry witch razing the universe was bad enough. Thirteen of them can only mean total hell. But there may be a way...
  • Everybody Burns by Victoria Sue

    Everybody Burns by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Eli was only seven years old when he had been given to monsters. Sixteen years later he finally gets the chance for revenge, and with his enhanced abilities changing, nothing and no one is gonna stop him, especially a new partner that seems to see right through the black holes in his soul...
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    suspense  mystery  queer  humor  fantasy  m-m  paranormal  abuse
  • Sloth and other Delights by T.J. Nichols

    Sloth and other Delights by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Negotiations with the LA vampires have failed. Having survived the attempted razing of their enclave by the dragons, the vampires are now holding Jordan’s sister hostage and are demanding a unicorn for her safe return. There’s only one problem. Unicorns aren’t animals. They are wild magic best left alone. Jordan holds the media responsible for Katie’s capture...
  • Loose Ends by Morgan Brice

    Loose Ends by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Cold cases, old enemies, ex-lovers, and vengeful spirits are making life dangerous for psychic medium Simon Kincaide and his boyfriend, homicide detective Vic D’Amato. The ghosts of Myrtle Beach are restless, trapped by love, secrets, scandals, and spells, keeping Simon busy protecting the living from the unhappy dead...
  • In Plain Sight by K.C. Wells

    In Plain Sight by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Detective Gary Mitchell and psychic Dan Porter are now investigating cold cases that are literally falling from the sky—a headless body in 2006 and a carpenter who fell from a roof two years ago. The first case leads them into dangerous territory. The second feels like a dead end...
  • Tide of Tricks by Ariana Nash

    Tide of Tricks by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A darkness runs deep beneath London . .. Reeling from recent revelations and forced to lie for Kempthorne, the unthinkable happens: Dom fails the latent competency test. One more strike and he’ll be deemed unstable, have his registration stripped, and the life he's come to love at Kempthorne & Co will be over. If that weren't bad enough, someone is stalking him, taunting him...
  • Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben, Vol. 3 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, BOKI

    Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben, Vol. 3 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, BOKI

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Secrets and Lies. In the wake of their intoxicated tryst, He Yu's relationship with his erstwhile physician Xie Qingcheng is more fraught than ever. One taste has left He Yu addicted, and not even his pride can stop him from coming back for more; yet the taciturn Xie Qingcheng is determined to ward off his advances at all costs...
  • Messager by Faith Kean

    Messager by Faith Kean

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    « Il n’y a pas de hasard. Il n’y a que ce qu’on déclenche ou pas. ». Après avoir déserté le palais de Ferin le soir de ses noces, Ren se tourne à présent vers un avenir incertain. Guidé par Hosgard, le jeune homme part en quête de réponses et au-devant de nouveaux mystères...
  • Dark Fate by Kat Silver

    Dark Fate by Kat Silver

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ten days after the battle at Blackriver, Michael struggles with new forbidden desires, with his rampant Flame, and a deepening relationship with the taciturn werewolf, Commander Gabriel Flanagan. Feeling responsible for their loss, Michael longs to rescue the students stolen by the manipulative vampire prince, Alexei Vasiliev. But the High Council refuses to free Michael from his chains...
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    mystery  vampires  queer  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  magic  witches
  • Legal Drug, Volume 02 by CLAMP

    Legal Drug, Volume 02 by CLAMP

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    During one of Tokyo's festivals, Kakei sends Kudo and Himura to recover an old vase in a nearby shrine. But the mission turns out to be much more difficult than it seems. The vase has the power to twist the spatial environment around it - misleading anyone with its incredible trompe l'oeil. How can the duo retrieve something they can't even touch?
  • Marked by Shadows: MM Paranormal Romance Mystery by Lissa Kasey

    Marked by Shadows: MM Paranormal Romance Mystery by Lissa Kasey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Who would have thought a crafting retreat could turn deadly? An escape from the exciting life of New Orleans ghost tours sounded like a good idea at the time. Micah invites Alex along to experience a few days of crafts, fabrics, and hanging out with friends. Except the group is more interested in ghost hunting than costume making...
  • Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price

    Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wild Bill and Michael might have thought they made it out of the subterranean vampire nest unscathed, but in her anger, Silk left Michael a taste of her wrath that's impossible to shake. It's a race against time to cure Michael of a bizarre affliction, and though the hunter and his favorite vamp have few enough friends, Bill can't ash a cigarette without burning another bridge...
  • Harvester of Bones by Jordan L. Hawk

    Harvester of Bones by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Federal exorcist John Starkweather is consumed by the search for the truth about his past. A new lead takes him away from New Orleans, to confront the twisted man who experimented on him as a teen. Left behind yet again, Caleb and Gray throw themselves into the hunt for a murderous demon lurking deep in the swamp...
  • Fergus's Hurricane by Taylor Rylan

    Fergus's Hurricane by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Even aged Scotch cannot compare to the sweetest wine when it comes to your beloved. Fergus McGregor doesn’t like change. It was difficult enough leaving behind the pub that had been in his family for centuries...
  • Gluttony and other Hungers by T.J. Nichols

    Gluttony and other Hungers by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jordan and Edra aren’t the only ones thinking about their wedding, and some people don’t want it to happen. The destruction of several Mythological Services buildings around the country has revealed there are still people who view the mythological refugees as something less than human, despite the law now recognizing them as equal...
  • Blood and Bone by Patricia Logan

    Blood and Bone by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Aristotle Brown is starting to like his new job with the U. S. Marshals Interspecies Response unit. If anyone would have told him vampires, shifters, werewolves, and space aliens existed a few months ago, he would have called them crazy. But meeting his new partner has proven to be the best part of the I. S. R. He’s settling into the new job and the new man nicely...
  • No Surrender by Morgan Brice

    No Surrender by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Cold cases, hot leads, a psychic psychopath, a copycat killer, cursed objects, the trial of the century--and wedding plans. Psychic medium Simon Kincaide and sexy homicide detective Vic D'Amato met hunting a supernatural serial killer. Since then, Simon has become a police consultant on cases involving the paranormal, and Vic has gotten over his doubts about Simon's abilities being real...
  • Whirlwind by A.M. Rose

    Whirlwind by A.M. Rose

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Opposites attract, right? Felix had always been a relaxed, go with the flow, make no plans and see what happens kind of guy. He lived, he laughed, he spoke to ghosts. Pretty standard if you asked him. To the rest of the population? Not so much. But once a spirit calls him to Daydream, he gets caught up in a race to find out what happened to him...
  • Guerrier by Faith Kean

    Guerrier by Faith Kean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    « Je t’attends. Au Rideau d’Hosgard. ». Le crépuscule se lève sur l’Île de Nuit et avec lui, la promesse de jours sombres. Les Ombres se révèlent au cœur du Royaume d’Infeijin et Ren s’est juré d’y opposer toute la force de sa détermination. Le jeune homme sait que malgré les épreuves déjà endurées, celles qui restent à venir seront déterminantes pour l’avenir de ce monde...
  • Flame and Ash by Morgan Brice

    Flame and Ash by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Witchbane Novel #4. One hundred years ago, a sheriff’s posse killed dark warlock Rhyfel Gremory, but his witch-disciples escaped, and their magic made them nearly immortal. To keep their power, each year one of the witch-disciples kills a descendant of one of the men in the posse, a twelve-year cycle that has cost dozens of lives, including that of Seth Tanner’s brother, Jesse...
  • Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott, Lisa A. Barnett

    Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott, Lisa A. Barnett

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The play’s the thing to catch the attention of Astreiant…especially when it includes murder, mystery and magic. It’s ghost-tide in the city and the dead walk the streets, haunting those who meant something to them in life. The theaters of Point of Dreams have a hit season on their hands and Adjunct Point Nicolas Rathe and former mercenary Philip Eslingen have a murder on theirs...
  • True Blue by Patricia Logan

    True Blue by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vincent and Sheriff Romeo are my chance to find peace at last. I’ve been waiting for someone to notice I’m gone for a long time. Until the vampire showed up, I wasn’t sure anyone could help. All I want to do is move on to the next step… and I really need to rest. Vincent and Romeo, you’re my only hope. Strange things are happening in Prosper Woods, California...
  • Ascendance by Lissa Kasey

    Ascendance by Lissa Kasey

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Seiran Rou knows life isn’t a romance novel, but he didn’t expect the honeymoon to end so soon. After a rough four months of people either trying to break up his relationship with vampire Gabe Santini or kill them both, now their own inability to communicate is getting in the way...
  • Midsummer Days by Megan Derr

    Midsummer Days by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In the town of Midsummer's Night, the only thing out of place is normalcy. .. Midsummer Moon - A homeless werewolf travels to the town of Midsummer's Night, following a rumor that a doctor there has developed a cure for the lycanthropy that has always been the bane of his existence. But the cure he discovers is the very thing he ever expected to find. .
  • Point of Sighs by Melissa Scott

    Point of Sighs by Melissa Scott

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Autumn downpours soak the city of Astreiant and cast a gloomy pall over its streets, while storms at sea have delayed merchant ships bearing important cargoes from distant lands. For Philip Eslingen, whose stars are bad for water, the season adds damp misery to the complications of organizing the new and controversial City Guard...
  • Darkness by Eden Winters

    Darkness by Eden Winters

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Darkness follows Lieutenant Morrisey James. As an Atlanta PD detective, Morrisey understands the worst atrocities the city has to offer—or believes he does. His recent cases present something a killer who unleashes unbridled terror in victims before moving in for the kill. Morrisey has an edge, though, the terrifying ability to gain flashes of insight from each victim...
  • A Haunting at Midwinter by Kai Butler

    A Haunting at Midwinter by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A paranormal PI. A cop who doesn’t believe in ghosts. And one very pissed off poltergeist. What a way to ring in the New Year. Parker Ferro is San Amaro’s top magical private investigator. It helps that he’s the only supernatural investigator in the city...
  • Last But Not Lease by Jordan Castillo Price

    Last But Not Lease by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Location, Location, Location! Yuri knew his idyllic beachfront cabin wouldn’t last forever—but he wasn’t expecting to come home to an eviction notice. And with Uncle Fonzo back in town, Dixon’s attic apartment is getting crowded. Unfortunately, real estate in Pinyin Bay is surprisingly scarce...
  • True Order by Patricia Logan

    True Order by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bloodthirsty vamps. Dire Wolf royalty. The Prince of unicorns. What's next? All out war of course. When I came to Prosper Woods, the last thing I expected was to be walking into a world of magic. Horror movies at the theater hadn’t prepared me for the realization that vampires, werewolves, witches, shifters, and ghosts were real...
  • Babysitter Omega by Aria Grace

    Babysitter Omega by Aria Grace

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Soren didn't plan on ever having kids. But when his ex showed up with a five year old and told him he was a dad, he didn't have much choice in the matter. Adrien was his whether he was ready or not. And by all accounts, he wasn't. Luke loves his job as a babysitter at Omega For Hire. He's worked with wonderful families and gotten to know great kids...
  • How to Flaunt Your Chains and Surrender a Vein by D.N. Bryn

    How to Flaunt Your Chains and Surrender a Vein by D.N. Bryn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “What else is this shed for, if not torturing unsuspecting vampires? ”. Rahil Zaman has good reason to keep his distance from the world—and his fangs are only part of that. He hides in his crumbling home, acquiring blood through the risky one-night stands he finds on hunter-infested hookup apps...
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