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  • Thrall by E. William Brown

    Thrall by E. William Brown

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Without royal leadership Kozalin's defenders are falling into turmoil, but mortal problems pale into insignificance when the gods themselves take an interest in Daniel. With new enemies appearing everywhere he looks, and far too many secrets to keep, can even Daniel's magic save the day? Well, you know what they say. If you can't get results with violence, you aren't being violent enough..
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    magic  demons  fantasy  harems  poly  paranormal  length-medium
  • Master Class 2 by Annabelle Hawthorne, Virgil Knightley

    Master Class 2 by Annabelle Hawthorne, Virgil Knightley

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    The System is brokenA Culling is comingAfter surviving a harsh winter, Eli finds himself in a unique situation when a long-lost dungeon is discovered on the property. It could be the perfect proving ground for the students who have earned their Class, but it could also become their tomb.It also doesn't help that the town of Last Stop is in danger...
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  • Master Class 3 by Annabelle Hawthorne, Virgil Knightley

    Master Class 3 by Annabelle Hawthorne, Virgil Knightley

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    The System is brokenThe Past has returnedAfter the Culling, peace has returned and life at the orphanage is quiet one more. Eli finds himself investigating the mystery of a student's new Class, which seems related to the System itself, as well as dealing with the nuances of his unique relationship with the women of the school...
  • Fractured Souls by M. Sinclair

    Fractured Souls by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lorcan's fractured soul will save everyone . Note from The Tears of the Siren series will feature characters from both the Reborn series and the Descendant series. It will not be necessary to read either of those to understand the plot, however, they do intertwine in a way that enhances the universe...
  • Loving Nightmares by M. Sinclair

    Loving Nightmares by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I would go to war to protect the nightmares I loved. War was at our doorstep threatening to kill my father, and with him were enough humans that if battle ensued, it would make national headlines. Ones that would only further divide and enhance the hatred between humans and nightmares.War had to be defeated, I just didn’t know how...
  • Psychos by M. Sinclair

    Psychos by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I had thought the hard part was over.Mario was dead and my vengeance achieved. However, the past was still causing problems, namely in the form of the Light Fae. Yeah... them. Remember how I am supposed to be getting married to their True Heir? That wasn't going to happen. I needed to find a solution and fast before my guard loses it...
  • Snapped Strings by M. Sinclair

    Snapped Strings by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was going to give him a performance he’d never forget. With our plans set to travel to the Demonic realm, my thoughts turn to the torture I endured while imprisoned in Broken House, and I find myself fearing that the experience will be a trip down nightmare lane. What I find instead is a complex, beautiful realm that in a matter of days draws out of me a determination and strength to defend it...
  • Forgotten Fairytale by Yumoyori Wilson

    Forgotten Fairytale by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What if your life was like a forgotten fairytale? Would you cry in despair at losing the memories of a story you held so dearly? Or move on to start a new chapter, deciding to accept your fate? That's exactly how I feel about my current dilemma as I face this new world. My name is Mako, code name: Bloody Butterfly...
  • The Devil's Salvation by Kira Roman

    The Devil's Salvation by Kira Roman

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    “You were created in the fiery depths of Hell, and to the darkness of Hell you will return!” The third and final...
  • Cheating Death by Sarah Reynolds

    Cheating Death by Sarah Reynolds

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    The last thing Sunday Prescott wanted to do was rescue her brother from another problematic adventure, but that is exactly where she ended up.When Colton found himself in the holding cells of the Ruby Star Casino, Sunday knew that the only way to get him out what to appeal to the casino's owner...
  • Bonded by Death by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

    Bonded by Death by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    I’m torn between three men that I swore I wouldn’t get involved with. I know it’s wrong, but part of me loves it. Craves it.Everyone thinks I’m the good girl, but what they don’t see is that my carefully crafted persona is crumbling around me.My ex taught me that love isn’t sweet, patient, or kind. It’s cruel and it hurts...
  • Pack Possessed by J. Kearston

    Pack Possessed by J. Kearston

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    You can’t outrun your demons, but you sure as hell can give them a run for their money. The monster that’s tormented us from the shadows has finally stepped into the light, and he has his sights set on me. But discovering that my entire life has been orchestrated as a twisted form of training to help him literally unleash hell on earth? Not exactly my idea of a romantic gesture...
  • Daniel by Yumoyori Wilson

    Daniel by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    My name is Daniel Moore — a healer, star knight, and lover. I'd never had any ambition to become a stronger healer. I'd rather sleep all day, than train like my fellow knights, using the excuse of being an angel shifter and having no problem healing a few cuts and bruises. I couldn't imagine a time where my skills would be worth the time and effort...until now...
  • Forever and Ever Omen by Ashley Amy

    Forever and Ever Omen by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN EXTENDED EPILOGUE. Sometimes, we don’t except the curveballs thrown at us. With recent revelations, we faced a whole new battle. One that wiped the board clean and reset the game. Even with all our pieces at the ready, I feared we might lose. Give me a blade, a bad guy to kill, and I will. That’s easy for me. What isn’t? Someone calling me Mommy...
  • Tempest Tide by Deacon Frost

    Tempest Tide by Deacon Frost

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jace Blackbriar is on the run with the Warlord's Navy on his heels. Sailing on the Tempest Sea is a dangerous occupation and the pirate life is calling. Jace has to find a safe location to set up his new base while avoiding the hunters sent by his enemies. Join Jace and his adventuring party as they sail the seas in search of adventure, excitement and a good time...
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    magic  demons  harems  fantasy  pirates  poly  paranormal  length-long
  • Veiled Flame: A Paranormal Shifter Demon Academy Romance by Cassandra Featherstone

    Veiled Flame: A Paranormal Shifter Demon Academy Romance by Cassandra Featherstone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One letter.That was all it took to change the course of my life forever.Typing too quickly in the application program cost me my dreams of finally being accepted for who I am and now I'm stuck here.Discordia University's acceptance made everything I knew go up in a puff of sulfur.Demons are real and they just admitted me into their elite boys' school...
  • Barbarian Dragonslayer by Aaron Crash

    Barbarian Dragonslayer by Aaron Crash

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An ancient evil has come to Old Ironbound—is it a dragon or is it something else?Ymir has obtained six of the eight Akkiric rings—the rings that allowed Aegel Akkridor and his wives to live for a thousand years—but the more he studies, the closer he comes to learning the secret behind the great vempor’s death.A secret that may mean death for Ymir and his wives as well...
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    magic  demons  harems  fantasy  fae  poly  paranormal  length-medium
  • Poisonous Dream by Yumoyori Wilson

    Poisonous Dream by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Don't you sometimes wish that everything was just a dream?My name is Daniel Moore, future heir of Realm Ten, ArchAilennia.I've never felt regret like this before, such turmoil clinging to my very soul. I had vowed once long ago to never endure such pain and torment. Yet, such a vow has already been broken and this time, it's to someone far more dear.My princess is everything to me...
  • Veiled Flame: A Paranormal Shifter Demon Academy Romance by Cassandra Featherstone

    Veiled Flame: A Paranormal Shifter Demon Academy Romance by Cassandra Featherstone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One letter.That was all it took to change the course of my life forever.Typing too quickly in the application program cost me my dreams of finally being accepted for who I am and now I'm stuck here.Discordia University's acceptance made everything I knew go up in a puff of sulfur.Demons are real and they just admitted me into their elite boys' school...
  • Ascension by Kristopher Cruz

    Ascension by Kristopher Cruz

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When Endrance had defeated the corrupt King of Balator, he thought the hard part was over. He was wrong.Given a short time to prepare before he is to return to Ironsoul for trial, Endrance gets dragged into a fight to save not only his life, but the life of everyone living on Mount Balator. Armies of the dead arise, and only the crowning of a new king will stop them...
  • Dragons' Future by Alex Lidell

    Dragons' Future by Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    To save the dragons, we must save each other.It was supposed to be simple. Expose the truth, save the dragons. That was before we knew the perverted source of the priests’ power. The savage lengths our enemies will go to keep it.Our foes don’t want us dead. They want us broken.Love is our bond. Our salvation. Our power...
  • Trial of the Vampire by Jarica James

    Trial of the Vampire by Jarica James

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Last semester at Obsidian Cove Supernatural Academy ended with Lennox’s heart shattering. Now Evander is stuck in the Regency Prison while she’s forced to stay at school pretending nothing is wrong. She focuses every waking hour on trying to learn how to use her constantly changing powers and free him at the same time...
  • Fortuna Academy Box Set Books 1-4 by J.B. Trepagnier

    Fortuna Academy Box Set Books 1-4 by J.B. Trepagnier

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Complete Fortuna Academy Series, Available in one boxed set. Hayley Killoran was not ready to find out she was the daughter of Lucifer and a powerful witch. Lucifer was not ready for one of his brothers to stage a hostile takeover of Hell. Hell was not ready for Hayley Fortuna Academy is an adult reverse harem Academy series with one snarky female and five fated mates...
  • Buttercup by Helen Scott

    Buttercup by Helen Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life is sweet, especially for a baker whose life is about to turn upside down...Take one shy baker, add one sexy bartender, a moody prison guard, an actual demon, and a man who is more mystery than anything else, then add two helpings of curiosity, one night of Long Islands and bad decisions, a steamy romance novel, and abandoned inhibitions. Mix well and wait for the fun to start...
  • Satan's little helpers: An Unlocked Mates Special Edition by Athena Steller

    Satan's little helpers: An Unlocked Mates Special Edition by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dear Satan. Those two words are some of the sweetest that Lucifer has ever read. From December first to December twenty-fifth Lucifer dedicates everything to the happiest time of the year. With a snowstorm raging out his window, his fireplace roaring and warm, and a hot cocoa in his hand, Lucifer is enjoying his favorite month when a portal opens in his office.Gage and Cary are desperate...
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    magic  demons  daddy-kink  poly  fated-mates  m-m-m  m-m  paranormal
  • Retaliation by S.D. Paine

    Retaliation by S.D. Paine

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    For nearly a decade, Seraphina Valdis has plotted and planned, stalked and killed. After her mother and elder sister were murdered, her father and younger sister left Seraphina behind. Alone and confused, revenge became her entire world...
  • Leviathan Below by Deacon Frost

    Leviathan Below by Deacon Frost

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jace and his crew have broken through the Tempest Wall to find the world hidden within the hurricane. Now they must head below to find the relic stolen from the Queen of Dragons.Their enemies from Saltwater's Weep have not forgotten them and remain hot on their heels, seeking to kill the adventurers as they grow in power...
    Categorized as:
    magic  demons  harems  fantasy  poly  paranormal  length-medium
  • I Summoned My WHAT?!: Book 1 by Montgomery Quinn

    I Summoned My WHAT?!: Book 1 by Montgomery Quinn

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wanting to go into business with his best friend, Evie, Calon never could have expected how his life would turn in an instant.Rushing into the burning home of a neighbour, the unthinkable happens and our fearless main character dies a hero. Only... He doesn't quite make it to the afterlife...
    Categorized as:
    magic  demons  harems  fantasy  poly  paranormal  length-medium
  • Forbidden Bond: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance by Fiona Starr

    Forbidden Bond: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance by Fiona Starr

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They’re the ones in power, so why are they are so afraid of me? Newly minted magic user? Check. Hot-as-hell boyfriends who want only me? Check. A fresh start after surviving a murderous attack? Yeah, about that… They said choosing a life at Stormwood Academy wouldn’t be easy. But nobody mentioned it would make me a target...
  • Starlight Christmas - Holiday Edition by Yumoyori Wilson

    Starlight Christmas - Holiday Edition by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Christmas. A time for giving and receiving. A time for celebration. A holiday I’ve only read about in a storybook – page after page of seeing a little girl celebrating the joys of Christmas. I had envied that girl, reading her tale on the cold, library floor while she was surrounded by so much warmth...
  • Crazy Witch by Nikki Dean

    Crazy Witch by Nikki Dean

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Hide your magic.Hide your boyfriends.Hide your real power.Mallory Serra is in over her head. Finals are coming up, Christmas is around the corner with two and a half boyfriends to buy gifts for, and the Defense Department is still trying to kill them all.Oh, and she might be a murderer on top of all of that. Fun stuff...
  • Redemption by Rachel Callahan

    Redemption by Rachel Callahan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Romulus has left us no choice. Our forces are about to collide, and only one of us will survive.I’m back with my mates and I should be able to breathe easier, except I know our days of peace are numbered. Romulus will soon discover that the blade he holds—the one he thinks will kill a dark god—is nothing more than an illusion...
  • Shadows Spark by C. Rochelle

    Shadows Spark by C. Rochelle

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rejected by HellHunted by HeavenA destiny written in the starsCurrent mood: Over itHave you ever had the kind of week where you're supposed to be escorting souls to Hell but instead you save a handsome human with some lightning power you didn't know you possessed then end up in a naughty angel's bed?Well, that's what's new in my life..
  • Wanted Angel by Sadie Moss

    Wanted Angel by Sadie Moss

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    I’ve suddenly become extremely popular… in all the wrong ways. You know that feeling when the entire supernatural underworld wants to kill you? No? Huh. Must just be me then. Now the seven sins and I are in a race against time, desperate to somehow get the bounty taken off my head and stop whoever is behind the demonic portals before they strike again...
  • Academy of the Forsaken by Eva Chase

    Academy of the Forsaken by Eva Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When I arrived at Roseborne College searching for my foster brother, I had no idea what I was in for. In the past few weeks, I've endured torments both physical and emotional. I've looked death in the face. And I've made an unnerving discovery that's left me scrambling to pick up the pieces of the quest I started out on.But the supernatural beings who run this school haven't conquered me yet...
  • The Dragon Sovereign by Sarah Hawke

    The Dragon Sovereign by Sarah Hawke

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    The Dragon Sovereign - my father - has ruled our land with integrity and wisdom for almost a hundred years. And now, as his time on the throne nears its end, mine is about to begin.But claiming my rightful destiny won’t be easy. The Great Houses plot my family's downfall, and they will oppose me at every turn...
  • Blood Cursed by Sarah Piper

    Blood Cursed by Sarah Piper

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Book 4 in the Witch's Rebels series! More details coming soon..
  • Gorgon's Mates by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Gorgon's Mates by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Medusa met her gargoyles. Fell in love. And had her babies. Now what?In the sanctuary, life’s never boring. Between keeping up with twins, and keeping things hot with her gargoyles, Medusa has a chaotic life. Which she loves!But what happens when a strange creature is found hurt in their sanctuary?Her gargoyles don’t trust it. Her daughters love it...
  • Awaken by Lucy Auburn

    Awaken by Lucy Auburn

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I’m just a girl trying to survive. Dying? Unexpected. Coming back to life? Even more so. Now these four snarky demons are haunting me. Shirtless. It turns out you  can  die and live again. At least I can. When a night out goes murderously wrong, I chose leaping to my death over getting tortured. Except it turns out I don’t die like everyone else. I’m a phoenix — or so they tell me...
  • Demon Princess Magical Chaos: The Tentacle Awakens by J.J. Pavlov

    Demon Princess Magical Chaos: The Tentacle Awakens by J.J. Pavlov

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Death and Reincarnation. Kuroe Makoto, the tomboyish ace of her high school track and field club, never spared a thought for these things before. However, when she falls asleep in her Tokyo home after an exhausting marathon and wakes up in a fantasy world, those concepts become her reality...
    Categorized as:
    magic  demons  fantasy  harems  f-f  queer  poly  high fantasy
  • Demon Sworn by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Demon Sworn by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Someone fucked up. They stole my little brother, and now my demons and I have to find him. But the thing about my guys?They'll tear apart Heaven and Hell for me...and enjoy doing it. Shocking secrets and betrayals from our past are still tearing our group apart. Combined with threats closing in on us from all sides, we might not survive...
  • House of Wyn by Crea Reitan

    House of Wyn by Crea Reitan

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Monsters were real. And they were evil.My husband had me convinced that we were ridding the world of those monsters. The horrors that prey on the innocent. The darkness that shouldn’t exist.But then I saw that the true monster was my husband, and I ran.I was brought to a safe house called The Harem Project. Here I found it in the five men of the House of Wyn. Five men who weren’t men at all...
  • The Wolf King's Lair 3 by Devan Drake

    The Wolf King's Lair 3 by Devan Drake

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Daxas has reached rank eight.He has conquered and subsumed a second dungeon increasing his power and pulled one over the Divine Lords in the process.However, he is aware this will bring new difficulties to his door and the Divine Lords are unlikely to take their humiliation well...
    Categorized as:
    demons  magic  harems  fantasy  vampires  orcs  horror  poly
  • Marked Immortals by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Marked Immortals by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This has to be a joke…Right? I refuse to believe that everything we went through, everything we sacrificed, led us to this. Nope, I just can’t believe that fate would be that cruel.But then we’re in danger again, whether I want to accept it or not. So, I need to pull my “big girl panties” on and try to keep going.Because the alternative is a very bloody death...
  • Darkmoor Manor by Jenn D. Young, Aspen Black

    Darkmoor Manor by Jenn D. Young, Aspen Black

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I thought I was inheriting a life of glitz and glamour, but all I got was a castle that even a reality television show wouldn't touch.After inheriting Darkmoor Manor, I was ready to start my new life living in a castle. Instead, what I found inside my new home was a world full of chaos and things that make even grown men cry...
  • Forsaken Royals: A Reverse Harem Romance by Vera Rivers

    Forsaken Royals: A Reverse Harem Romance by Vera Rivers

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I've been kidnapped by the three most powerful men in our world, and I shouldn't like being caged by them as much as I do…After a life of abandonment, I've learned I can only depend on myself.That's why my side hustle is working for a criminal organization. A fae girl's got to pay the bills, after all...
  • Innate by Serenity Rayne

    Innate by Serenity Rayne

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Confidence… Stability… Acceptance…Three words I'd never experienced, until recently, and all it took was displaying my wings and opening my heart to four very different men. All it took was displaying my wings and opening my heart to four very different men Raph - my boss...
  • Unlikely Reaper by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Unlikely Reaper by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I hate what I've become, but no one can say I didn't have a choice...Reaping. Killing. Being the judge, jury, and executioner of the world. That's who I am now.All to save my child's life.The heavy burden of what I am and what I must do weighs on me every day, but starting a new job at a hospital is a chance for me to find my place in this world...
  • Mercy's Rise by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Mercy's Rise by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dying was just the beginning…I know the truth of what I am. A rare and dangerous supernatural that was believed to be hunted to extinction.But now what?On one hand, I have the three men who love me and a chance at a future with them. My shy shifter. My royal vampire. And my dangerous half-breed.On the other hand, I have my father and the mysterious group he belongs to...
  • Fractured Angel by J.J. Dean

    Fractured Angel by J.J. Dean

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The war draws nearer and desperation grows. Both sides of Heaven and Hell are growing restless, interfering with Luna's once stable life. With four angels now a fixture in her apartment, things have taken a turn for the crazy. Ms. Frenchie is missing, walking outside is no longer safe, and Luna finds herself visited by minions of Lucifer and God more than she would care for...
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