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  • Wolf of the Northern Star by S.J. Himes

    Wolf of the Northern Star by S.J. Himes

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Ghost, once known as the cub Luca, is finally home. Back among his kind and learning what it means to be both a man and a shaman, Ghost battles the expectations of his people, his family, and the pressures of a society that is both foreign and familiar...
  • Feralsong by T.J. Klune

    Feralsong by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    After Heartsong and before Brothersong comes Feralsong, a short story from four different perspectives about what it means to lose your mind.January 10, 2020Exclusive at tjklunebooks...
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  • Scout by Macy Blake

    Scout by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Coal Volsunga is a dragon convinced he’s better off alone…As alone as a dragon who is part of a pack can be, that is. Although he loves the work, his feelings are starting to get involved, especially for a wolf entirely too involved with pack life for a loner like Coal...
  • With Kid Gloves by Macy Blake

    With Kid Gloves by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    A grumpy tiger thinks he can be a lonely drifter? Not on Ollie Jerrick self-proclaimed Happiness Champion’s watch. Ollie Jerrick has a hero complex. As a wolf shifter, he’s been surrounded by real-life heroes since his dads rescued him from an evil witch when he was six...
  • Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler

    Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 16 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...
  • Embracing Winter by Jocelynn Drake

    Embracing Winter by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Winter Varik believes in only one thing—protecting his family.Even from himself.For nearly 200 years, he’s kept a dangerous secret from his brothers.But Winter might have found his salvation in the form of a sexy witch named Fox.Too bad this same witch was named in a prophecy foretelling the destruction of the Variks...
  • Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 27 ratings
    Mack’s over the moon to not only have Brandon but to finally be done with all their training. With the official FBI stamp of approval, they are ready to start ghost busting. The very last place he wants to be sent to is his hometown of Opelousas, Louisiana, however. But a child is being terrorized, and when he discovers it’s his favorite cousin, all reluctance is forgotten...
  • Healing Aiden by Jocelynn Drake

    Healing Aiden by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Aiden Varik has had two great loves in his very long life.And he lost them both too soon.His only wish is to protect his four vampire sons and their mates.But someone from Aiden’s distant past has returned to break down the walls erected around his wounded heart.Temptation never tasted so sweet...
  • A Gilded Iron Blade by Kai Butler

    A Gilded Iron Blade by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 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...
  • Alan's Utterly Accidental Dream-Cute by Katie Griffin, A.J. Sherwood

    Alan's Utterly Accidental Dream-Cute by Katie Griffin, A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    What happens when a Havili researcher meets a psychic dreamwalker? A dreamy meet-cute, that’s what. (In more ways than one...
  • Aleron by Macy Blake

    Aleron by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Aleron Eastaughffe is a billionaire griffin who knows what he wants…Namely, a gorgeous city penthouse, a life of luxury, and the respect and admiration of his peers-–all the things he’s come to expect as one of the Eastaughffes...
  • Mist and Marrow by Mary Calmes

    Mist and Marrow by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Linden Van Doren is in a strange position. He’s an emancipated omega holding down two jobs, so he should be out from under anyone’s thumb but in reality, there are still weird lupine rules to follow. For instance, if an alpha wants to court him, he’s not allowed to say no...
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    shapeshifters  mystery  magic  queer  m-m  fantasy  paranormal  abuse
  • Truth or Dare by Ariana Nash

    Truth or Dare by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    America. The land of the free. Unless you're a latent.Kage is missing. Alexander Kempthorne would prefer he stay that way. Life at the new-look Kempthorne & Co agency is difficult enough without adding a missing American to the mix. But John "Dom" Domenici won't abandon someone who was once their friend, even if Kage is technically an enemy...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  queer  m-m  fantasy  urban fantasy  paranormal  abuse
  • Logan by Macy Blake

    Logan by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Logan Moore is a leader without a pack...And after the rejection he faced from his last pack, he’s not sure he wants one. But when a mysterious benefactor he nicknames The Oracle offers Logan the chance to use his military expertise to lead a group of misfit shifters to protect the creatures of the magical realm, Logan’s wolf won’t allow him to say no.Bailey Cairn is a man without a protector..
  • Hell to Pay by Macy Blake

    Hell to Pay by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    Alternate Cover As a hellhound beta, Solomon has no complaints. Life is fine. His pack and his goddess-given duties as a protector of the human realm are enough. So what if he’s a little bored and a smidge lonely? Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things...
  • Everett by Taylor Rylan

    Everett by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What started over a century ago has come to fruition, and somehow, two lives from opposite sides of the same conflict discover they’re fated for each other. Did the fates get it right?Everett Fabré was thrust into a life not of his own choosing when his entire family and the majority of his pack were killed during a tragical attack on their ship during the Civil War...
  • Scenes from the Holidays by K.D. Edwards

    Scenes from the Holidays by K.D. Edwards

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Scenes from the Holidays consists of short Tarot Sequence vignettes, released serially beginning in December 12, 2020, on K.D. Edwards’ Twitter account. The scenes take place between the end of THE HANGED MAN and the start of the forthcoming third book, THE HOURGLASS THRONE. The scenes center around Sun Estate activities during an Equinox celebration...
  • Point Blank by Morgan Brice

    Point Blank by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Sexy psychic Simon Kincaide and skeptical homicide detective Vic D’Amato are getting married--if the ghost of a murderous magician doesn’t get them first!Simon and Vic’s wedding is just a few weeks away, and they’re hoping for a little peace and quiet to wrap up work before their honeymoon, but nothing ever goes that smoothly...
  • The Best Laid Plans by A.J. Sherwood

    The Best Laid Plans by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Final Incident.Look, Glenn has plans, big plans for tonight, alright? All he wants is for those plans to go smoothly. So of course nothing goes right...
  • Two Thousand Tears by Jocelynn Drake

    Two Thousand Tears by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was supposed to be my enemy. Not my lover.Yichen is free at last…sort of.He has escaped his imprisonment, but he’s still blood bound to the crown prince of the fae.Oh gods, how is he going to explain that to his clan?Finding a way to break the bond might not be too hard. Killing the king of the fae even seems possible...
  • Sloth and other Delights by T.J. Nichols

    Sloth and other Delights by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
  • Cosmo and the King by Macy Blake

    Cosmo and the King by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Cosmo learns the faun king is in the human realm, he panics. See, Silenus happens to be his fiance... and he's never told any of his friends in the human realm that he ran away on his wedding day, leaving his king at the alter. Silenus made a deal with the devil--the queen of the fae--when he learned the human realm was going to be closed, keeping him separated from his mate and betrothed...
  • The Lady Under the Lake by E.J. Russell

    The Lady Under the Lake by E.J. Russell

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This client is all wet... After receiving a hot tip on the whereabouts of my almost-boyfriend’s nearly-ex-husband (hey, I told you—it’s complicated!), I thought my love life was finally coming up for air. But when we stake out the remote lake, it’s not the ex who surfaces...
  • The Hound of the Burgervilles by E.J. Russell

    The Hound of the Burgervilles by E.J. Russell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This case is really going to the dogs… After I try a little off-the-books interrogation to locate my selkie almost-boyfriend’s nearly-ex-husband (don’t ask, it’s complicated), I’m in the doghouse again with my bosses, who bust me back to surveillance. Ugh...
  • Lord of Ravens by Amelia Faulkner, A.K. Faulkner

    Lord of Ravens by Amelia Faulkner, A.K. Faulkner

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Hunter and prey. Which is which? Laurence Riley believed that he was nothing. He couldn’t have been further from the truth. Descended from Herne the Hunter, his own need to seek prey has long gone unfulfilled. Now it’s out of control. Something ancient is coming to take Quentin home: a creature of nightmare who feasts on the flesh of children. But Laurence has seen the real monster...
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    magic  queer  mystery  fantasy  m-m  paranormal  urban fantasy  abuse
  • Dim Sum Asylum by Rhys Ford

    Dim Sum Asylum by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    * Novel-length expansion of original short story found in Charmed & Dangerous anthology. * Welcome to Dim Sum Asylum: a San Francisco where it’s a ho-hum kind of case when a cop has to chase down an enchanted two-foot-tall shrine god statue with an impressive Fu Manchu mustache that's running around Chinatown, trolling sex magic and chaos in its wake...
  • Someone to Hold Me by Lisa Oliver

    Someone to Hold Me by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Someone to Hold Me. The Gods Made Me Do It #6 (Can be read as a standalone) Hades, Lord of the Underworld, has spent years searching the world for his Fated Mate. He's watched his brother and nephews find their "light" and yet he can't find his. On the verge of giving up hope, Hades attends his brother Poseidon's wedding; so outside his comfort zone, but his discomfort proves worth it...
  • Inevitably Yves by Mia Monroe

    Inevitably Yves by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I gave up searching for an enduring love centuries ago. When my past walks through the door, I think I may have finally found it.My history is a sad one, filled with longing and chasing dreams that always eluded me. But don’t feel bad for me. My life is incredible, unwittingly designed on my endless quest to find my fated mate. I created a beautiful family of five loyal and loving brothers...
  • (Never) Feed the Crows by Jennifer Cody

    (Never) Feed the Crows by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    AmosUniversity is a strange experience, but I’ve managed to make it as weird as possible by accidentally befriending a flock of crows that like to hang out on campus. Anyone would have started feeding them if they knew how vengeful crows can be. I was worried about getting pooped on! I wasn’t going to find myself an enemy of the birds, but now I’m more like a friend...
  • How the Necromancer in the Gold Vest Saved My Life: Disaster #4 by Jocelynn Drake

    How the Necromancer in the Gold Vest Saved My Life: Disaster #4 by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Disaster #4: Who Woke the Dead?Something has escaped from the underworld!Sky would like to point out that this is NOT his fault.But, yes, something has escaped, and it has all the dead crawling out of their graves.Naturally, the humans are freaking out.Except for the sexy one living across the street.Nolan is ready to jump into the fray and help Sky round up the underworld fugitive...
  • I Buried a Witch by Josh Lanyon

    I Buried a Witch by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Something old, something new, something borrowed…something blacker than the darkest night. Cosmo Saville adores his new husband but his little white lies—and some very black magic—are about to bring their fairytale romance to an end...
  • Freefall by Andrea Speed

    Freefall by Andrea Speed

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In a world where a werecat virus has changed society, Roan McKichan, a born infected and ex-cop, works as a private detective trying to solve crimes involving other infecteds. Conceived bearing the lion strain of the virus, Roan is the only fully functioning virus child in the country—maybe in the world. But that doesn’t mean he’s okay...
  • The Noel Before Christmas by Harper B. Cole, Trisha Linde

    The Noel Before Christmas by Harper B. Cole, Trisha Linde

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    All he wants for Christmas is a family…Alpha wolf shifter Noel has always hated Christmas. Everyone just assumes he’ll be festive to the max, with a name like his, but it couldn’t be further from the truth. He can’t help but associate this time of year with sadness and loss, and he’d much rather just hibernate for the entire month of December...
  • Three Meant to Be by M.N. Bennet

    Three Meant to Be by M.N. Bennet

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Telepathic high school teacher Dorian prepares teen witches for professional casting because going in unprepared is what killed one of his partners. But new state mandates on magical proficiency make it nearly impossible, and Dorian worries he can’t give his students the education they really need...
  • Connor by Taylor Rylan

    Connor by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When you’re a fae born in the shifter realm, the last thing you expect is to discover your mate is fae, sent from the fae realm just for you. Connor Romano loves his family. Born to a vampire father and a fae mother, he’s spent his entire life witnessing firsthand the level his father would go to protect his mother, him, and their fae sister...
  • All You Need is a Bedsheet by A.J. Sherwood

    All You Need is a Bedsheet by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Glenn maaaaaaaaybe has a little problem he needs help solving. So he calls in the expert, who is nothing like what Ross expected. Good thing Ross knows how to roll with the strange by now...
  • Comet by Abigail Kade

    Comet by Abigail Kade

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A himbo reindeer went hiking…It came upon a midnight clear that Santa told me in no uncertain terms I had to take a vacation this year. The thought of laying around on some beach doing nothing was my idea of hell, so hiking the Appalachian Trail was my plan. Everything was great until a near-sighted barn owl sent me careening down the side of a mountain in a snowstorm...
  • Like a House on Fire by A.M. Rose

    Like a House on Fire by A.M. Rose

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Right, so … let’s see how he got himself in this mess.An estranged family member left him a house. Which is great. The house looks like it’s a soft breeze away from crumbling. Less great. The house is cursed and now Morgan is trapped inside it. Anything BUT great.Cursebreaker, please! And make him hot. Morgan’s been through a lot.Herbs? Check. Fire? Check...
  • The Vulnerable Human by Stella Rainbow

    The Vulnerable Human by Stella Rainbow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A protective gargoyle who works as a bodyguard. A human chef in need of protection. A stalker that brings them together.VoWhen my instincts reacted after overhearing a panicked phone call, all I could do was follow the human home and watch over him. Discovering he had a cute little daughter and someone was stalking him, I couldn't stop myself from offering my bodyguard services to him...
  • Cthulhu for Christmas by Meghan Maslow

    Cthulhu for Christmas by Meghan Maslow

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Six accidental tentacles, five naked neighbors, four evil mages, three ugly sweaters, two dead bodies, and one crush on my straight best friend ...Some things are simple fact: Santa Claus isn't real and magic doesn’t exist. As a former foster kid turned cop, I know this for a fact. My life is anything but magical and Santa sure as hell never visited me as a kid...
  • Loose Ends by Morgan Brice

    Loose Ends by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 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...
  • The Caster's Alpha by Claire Cullen

    The Caster's Alpha by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the last unmated alpha in his pack, all Ronan wants is a mage and a bond… but be careful what you wish for.With no wolf mage and no magic, Ronan knows he’s holding Samhain back. When he wakes up in the forest with a mage, a bond, and no memory of what happened, it seems he’s been given everything he wanted—so he knows it’s too good to be true...
  • Dragon It Out by Arden Steele

    Dragon It Out by Arden Steele

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    As some of the last remaining dragon shifters in the world, Uriah Maddock and his siblings are regarded as something akin to royalty in the paranormal community. It’s one of the main reasons their hotel has become such a coveted destination for Otherlings. All he wants, though, is to be left alone. He’s not looking for love or romance...
  • This Is Not the Dog You're Looking For by A.J. Sherwood

    This Is Not the Dog You're Looking For by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dunham goes missing, the werewolf pack loses their cool, and Ross is far too sleep-deprived for this nonsense...
  • An Enemy Dragon by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven

    An Enemy Dragon by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Dragons are scum. I know this. So why does this one make me feel so good? I know I should be proud to be a Templar. My daddy was one, and my granddaddy, too. And I am proud, don’t get me wrong. Of course I want to be part of ridding the earth of dragons before they can hurt anyone else. It’s just that the money doesn’t hurt, either...
  • The Wolf's Secret by Claire Cullen

    The Wolf's Secret by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When is a wolf not just a wolf? When he has magic running through his veins. Fleeing Samhain Pack to protect them from his berserker nature, Barrett is alone in the wilds—and lost to himself. Until he tracks a most interesting prey and finds himself face to face with a mage. But Evan is not just a mage, he’s something their pack desperately needs—a healer...
  • Derivation by Lyn Gala

    Derivation by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Darren and Kavon have committed to each other, but magical rules are changing and that tests the strength of their bond. The death of a prominent Egyptian shaman and the shadowy remains of O'Brien's conspiracy to kill adepts and steal their magic also pressure the new couple...
  • How the Necromancer in the Gold Vest Saved My Life: Disaster #2 by Jocelynn Drake

    How the Necromancer in the Gold Vest Saved My Life: Disaster #2 by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Disaster #2: Pet ProblemsNolan has been keeping a secret. In his defense, he wasn't sure if he could trust Sky at first. And then, well...his life got pretty crazy for a while. He might have just forgotten. But that secret has come calling and it's about to take a big bite out of Nolan. Of course, there's no way Sky's going to let anyone hurt his neighbor, friend, and possibly one-day baby daddy...
  • Hero by Kiki Burrelli

    Hero by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Mercenaries. Outcasts. Alphas.Knox knows all the five of them have left now is each other. That, and the driving desire to find who had slaughtered their pack and make that person pay.But investigating a tragedy with only rubble as evidence requires money and time. Knox can find one and use it to buy the other...
  • The Insanity of Reincarnated Mages and Amorous Vampires by A.J. Sherwood, Devon Vesper

    The Insanity of Reincarnated Mages and Amorous Vampires by A.J. Sherwood, Devon Vesper

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Reborn love. Unleashed magic. We won’t fail twice.Hi, I’m Kit. Immortal vampire and technomage extraordinaire. You know how it goes.For the record, I am absolutely not stalking my reincarnated husband.Okay, I am, but it's for his own good. And mine. Er, assuming I can somehow figure out how to tell him he’s reincarnated and a mage, and we all live in a sentient library...
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