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默读 [Mo Du] The Light in the Night by Priest
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsChildhood, upbringing, family background, social relations, traumatic experiences…. We keep reviewing and seeking out the motives of criminals, exploring the subtlest emotions driving them... -
Silent Reading [默读] by Priest
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsChildhood, upbringing, family background, social relations, traumatic experiences…. We keep reviewing and seeking out the motives of criminals, exploring the subtlest emotions driving them... -
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Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 7 by Yuu Toyota
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt'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,... -
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 08 by Yuu Toyota
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! Four months into his transfer, Adachi is surprised to find that he and Kurosawa aren’t that far apart after all! Kurosawa travels to Nagasaki whenever he can, and the pair spend weekends together on the regular! It’s almost as if they’re settling... -
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Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 10 by Yuu Toyota
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHappily 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. . -
Birds of Shangri-La, Vol. 2 by Ranmaru Zaria, Ranmaru Zariya
A straight man takes a job at a gay brothel that has a firm rule of no falling in love. What could go wrong? Apollo takes on a rather odd job at a brothel as a way to make some fast cash, but when one of the male prostitutes takes an interest in him, his days of gainful employment seem numbered. -
The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 6 by 945
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 15 ratings“I’VE NEVER GIVEN UP ON YOU. .. NOT ONCE. ”. Eui-joon thought he’d moved on with his life, that he’d rid himself of any lingering feelings for Gunwoo. But when Gunwoo appeared after three years of being gone, Eui-joon was surprised at how quickly they fell back into their old relationship... -
A Case of Madness [or The Curious Appearance of Holmes in the Nighttime] by Yvonne Knop
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAndrew Thomas just got sacked. He's permanently drunk. He's got cancer. Is inescapably gay. Was hit by a bus. And he's fallen in love with a stranger whose life he saved. As a newly-unemployed Sherlock Holmes scholar, Andrew knows only Holmes can help him untangle the madness his life has become, but Holmes isn't real... -
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 09 by Yuu Toyota
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 and Kurosawa are engaged, and everything’s going well. During these peaceful, happy days, Kurosawa looks back over his time with Adachi. . -
Hate Me, but Let Me Stay Vol. 1 by Hijiki
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA BL Omegaverse Story of Love Conquering All! Ever since the assault that led to his unexpected pregnancy as a teen, Koga Naoto, an omega, has harbored a deep fear and distrust towards alphas. He's even convinced himself that he doesn't need a mate... -
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 12 by Yuu Toyota
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’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,... -
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 11 by Yuu Toyota
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
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA 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... -
Don't Be Cruel, Vol. 07 by Yonezou Nekota
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen 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... -
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The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence by Storm Constantine
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDarquiel 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... -
快穿之打臉狂魔 Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil by Feng Liu Shu Dai, 风流书呆
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe top hacker was chosen by the Lord God to be reborn as hundreds of thousands of villains,. Every world ended in a dead end,. Every end is tragic. Finally he escaped the control of the Villain System,. He decided to enact revenge, change his fate as an abused slag. Even if his every bone is rotten,. He’ll occupy the heights of morality, even if it’s just the surface... -
My Husband is Suffering from a Terminal Illness by Bu Hui Xia Qi, 不会下棋
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsXie 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... -
The Rifter Book Three: His Sacred Bones by Ginn Hale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe 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. -
和邪神结婚后 [After Marrying the Evil God] by 浮白曲
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEnglish title: After Marrying the Evil God. Qi Baicha was the last god in the world. He lived until the modern age, where he found an ordinary person to fall in love with and marry because life was too boring. Then he really fell in love with him. Every day, he worried about what he would do when his partner got old and died... -
The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure by Storm Constantine
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHailed as "a literary fantasist of outstanding power and originality" by Michael Moorcock, Storm Constantine is one of the most exciting and innovative fantasy writers of her generation... -
The Rifter Book Two: The Holy Road by Ginn Hale
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOnce, 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... -
The Bodyguard's Christmas Surprise by Jena Wade
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTwenty-year old Otter needed to take care of his three siblings after their parents passed away. It was hard with the holidays approaching, and limited funds to give the kids a nice Christmas, but he would manage. When he applied for the adopt a family program, he never expected to find an Alpha in shining armor coming to their rescue... -
Family Law by Aiden Bates
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReunited and it feels better than good. .. It was a long time ago, but Luke will never forget Jason Delancey and their first kiss under the bleachers of football practice. Now, twenty years later, he has a lot more to focus on than the one man who got away... -
Omega's Destiny by Susi Hawke, Cosmic Letterz
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAges ago, the gods locked away a dangerous, powerful people… but the seal has been broken. Jaguar alpha Peter is a self-professed manwhore. After he’s caught fooling around with brother-in-law’s twin brother after their friend’s wedding, the two of them do the only thing they can…... -
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Don't Be Cruel, Vol. 08 by Yonezou Nekota
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen 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... -
Love Nest, Vol. 1 by Yuu Minaduki
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA 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:
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Bond of Dreams, Bond of Love, Vol. 1 by Yaya Sakuragi
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHigh school student Ao has been dreaming about his longtime neighbor Ryomei, a priest at the local Shinto shrine. A little freaked out--and a lot excited--at the prospect of having a relationship with Ryomei, Ao gathers up his courage, confesses his feelings. .. and gets turned down flat. Luckily, Ao's not the kind to give up easily... -
Come to Me by Megan Derr
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe 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
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRung 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. .. -
Boy Toys by A.E. Wasp
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratings10 siblings, 7 fish courses, 6 hockey players, 5 cousins, 4 calling birds, 3 spouses, 2 houses & 1 night that changes everything. Betrayed by first his body and then his girlfriend, Liam O’Reilly, assistant coach of the Seattle Thunder, is not having a very merry Christmas... -
Battle of Will by Sasha L. Miller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt 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... -
Animal Instinct by Stephen Osborne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSequel to Pale as a Ghost A Duncan Andrews Thriller Private detective Duncan Andrews has the home-team advantage when it comes to solving paranormal crimes: His best friend, Gina, is a centuries-old witch. His dog is a zombie. And his boyfriend, Robbie, is a ghost. Duncan certainly has his work cut out for him with this case... -
Change World, Vol. 2 by Yuu Minaduki
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA 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... -
The Trouble with Magic by Sasha L. Miller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 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... -
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(Un)Masked by Anyta Sunday, Andrew Q. Gordon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsJay 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... -
意外标记 (穿书) Accidental Mark by Die Zhiling, 蝶之靈
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPei 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... -
Frostwick by Megan Derr
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... -
Change World, Vol. 1 by Yuu Minaduki
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYosuke 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... -
Gold Standard by Kyell Gold
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere 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. "... -
Soaring With Hawk by Sean Michael
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen 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... -
Beauty, Inc. by Tara Lain
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGetting won in a poker game – not the foundation of a solid relationship. Brilliant chemist, Belle Belleterre’s trying to save his father’s cosmetic business, while his alcoholic old man gambles Belle away to the beast of the beauty industry, Magnus Strong. Belle wants to despise his biggest competitor, he really does...Categorized as:
age difference queer contemporary m-m legends & fairy tales fantasy from hate to love length-short -
The Oracle's Hatchling by Mell Eight
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLing 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... -
Love Voice (Yaoi Manga) Vol. 1 by Hongou
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEveryday, 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... -
Leave No Trace by Sammi Cee, Michelle Frost
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA 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... -
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To Get to You by Sasha L. Miller
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMadison 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... -
清茶甜酒 [Light Tea, Sweet Wine] by 月半丁
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAfter 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. -
Casper Gets His Wish by R. Cooper
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCasper 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
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsParalyzed 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... -
The Squire by Shawn Lane
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDuncan has been Sir William's squire for two years. During that time, he has lusted after and been in love with the beautiful muscular knight. Too bad Sir William prefers fair maidens. .. Sir William is called home due to the impending death of his father. On the journey, he catches his squire watching other men having sex and realizes Duncan is also ready for some love play... -
Cookies for Courting by Amber Kell
Rated: 3.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA 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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