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  • A Spooky Legacy by S.E. Harmon

    A Spooky Legacy by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    Rain Christiansen is settling into married life with fellow cold case detective, Daniel McKenna, and life is good. Better than good, even. But when it comes to the topic of expanding their family, Rain isn't so sure he's ready. Yes, a new addition could enrich their lives. But it could also tear down the delicate balance they’ve worked so hard to achieve...
  • Kestrel & Kee (Paranormal Investigators) The Siren of Lake Killikee by V.L. Locey

    Kestrel & Kee (Paranormal Investigators) The Siren of Lake Killikee by V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    One speaks to the dead, the other talks to everyone else. Both have hearts that are whispering to each other’s.Archimedes Kee has always had the gift. From his youngest days, he has been able to communicate with the dearly departed. Most of the time, they seek him as a way to correct wrongs or for help moving over to the next plane. Some just want to complain about badly written books...
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  • Matched To His Wolf: An M/M Mpreg Shifter Dating App Romance by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar

    Matched To His Wolf: An M/M Mpreg Shifter Dating App Romance by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fate doesn't use dating apps to pair true mates...except when it does.Human Omega Colin Soames has finally made it. Investors are clamoring for his new hit dating app and then things get weird. Now he's on a mission to figure out who's co-opting his app and why; by going undercover as a potential date...
  • Wolfsong by T.J. Klune

    Wolfsong by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 336 ratings
    Ox was twelve when his daddy taught him a very valuable lesson. He said that Ox wasn’t worth anything and people would never understand him. Then he left. Ox was sixteen when he met the boy on the road. The little boy who talked and talked and talked...
  • Brothersong by T.J. Klune

    Brothersong by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 41 ratings
    DELUXE EDITION―featuring beautiful frosty blue sprayed edges, holographic cover, and a bonus short story.Brothersong is the fourth and final book in the Green Creek Series, the beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and family.“Complex and startling... Green Creek is the perfect setting...
  • Spooky Business by S.E. Harmon

    Spooky Business by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 54 ratings
    Being insatiably curious is a good way to end up dead. Rain Christiansen, cold case detective and reluctant medium, is very aware of that fact. But when infamous serial killer Thomas Kane wants to meet, there’s no way Rain can say no. He also can’t refuse Kane’s offer—find his missing wife, Delilah, and he’ll reveal the location of his victim’s bodies...
  • Tried & True by Charlie Cochet

    Tried & True by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 43 ratings
    When THIRDS agent Dexter J. Daley met Team Leader Sloane Brodie, he couldn’t have imagined how slamming into his new partner—literally—would shake both their worlds. Now four years later, they’ve faced dangers, fought battles both personal and professional… and fallen deeply in love. Now their big moment is finally in sight, and they’re ready to stand up together and make it official...
  • THIRDS Beyond the Books: Volume 1 (THIRDS) by Charlie Cochet

    THIRDS Beyond the Books: Volume 1 (THIRDS) by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Join us as we celebrate the THIRDS universe with this collection of flash fiction stories written to prompts submitted by fans. Sometimes we want to know more about our favorite characters. Where they came from, how they became who they are, their families, friendships, and past heartaches. These snippets of moments in time offer an inside look at the lives of our favorite THIRDS characters...
  • In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

    In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 48 ratings
    “What’s your name?”“Serene.”“Serena?” Elliot asked.“Serene,” said Serene. “My full name is Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle.”Elliot’s mouth fell open. “That is badass.”The Borderlands aren’t like anywhere else. Don’t try to smuggle a phone or any other piece of technology over the wall that marks the Border—unless you enjoy a fireworks display in your backpack. (Ballpoint pens are okay...
  • Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    One day, You Huo and his famiIy was puIIed into an exam caIIed the GIobaI University Entrance Examination. Going through exams together with other unfortunate examinees, their Iives are put at stake and they can only Iive by passing each exam...
  • Rise & Fall by Charlie Cochet

    Rise & Fall by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 64 ratings
    After an attack by the Coalition leaves THIRDS Team Leader Sloane Brodie critically injured, agent Dexter J. Daley swears to make Beck Hogan pay for what he’s done. But Dex’s plans for retribution are short-lived. With Ash still on leave with his own injuries, Sloane in the hospital, and Destructive Delta in the Coalition’s crosshairs, Lieutenant Sparks isn’t taking any chances...
  • The Spooky Life by S.E. Harmon

    The Spooky Life by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 37 ratings
    Rain Christiansen isn’t sure he’ll ever fully understand the supernatural. But he’s finally finding his groove as a reluctant medium and cold-case detective. That’s not to say everything is going smoothly—there’s a wedding in the works, after all. He’s finally taking that enormous step with fellow detective, Daniel McKenna, and he couldn’t be happier…about the marriage. Not so much the wedding...
  • Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 40 ratings
    Riley Cooper is on the run. Misha Tokarev, the love of his life, turned out to be an assassin for the Russian mob, and when it comes to character flaws, Riley draws the line at premeditated murder. Alien armor system McClane is also on the run, for reasons that include accidentally crashing a space ship into Earth and evading U.S. military custody...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  angst  mystery  queer  m-m  military  contemporary  cowboys
  • Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters

    Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    HiroSeeing the dead has never been easy, but the last thing I expected was to be a pawn in a serial killer’s game.Moving in with Maddox was supposed to be the only thing we needed to worry about. Not a dead teacher, and not the fact that a serial killer knows my abilities...
  • Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet

    Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 74 ratings
    New York City’s streets are more dangerous than ever with the leaderless Order of Adrasteia and the Ikelos Coalition, a newly immerged Therian group, at war...
  • How to Elude a Vampire by Alice Winters

    How to Elude a Vampire by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 50 ratings
    Finn When the vampire stalking me sent me a letter, I was prepared for my new life with the man I love to get thrown into chaos. But as the days stretch on and nothing happens, I become determined not to allow that monster to rule my life, and decide that Marcus and I will move on. We can’t always allow the past to haunt us...
  • Ghost of Lies by Alice Winters

    Ghost of Lies by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 48 ratings
    HiroThough I was born with the ability to see the dead, I struggled with it until my brother was killed and his ghost was left behind. Now, I’m determined to figure out who is responsible for his death… the problem is that Detective Maddox Booker, the one working the case, is a grumpy and stubborn man who wants nothing to do with me and definitely doesn’t believe in ghosts...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  slow burn  queer  suspense  humor  m-m  paranormal  fantasy
  • Shroom for Improvement by Jemma Croft

    Shroom for Improvement by Jemma Croft

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Mushroom fae Claude Stinkhorn leads an extraordinarily boring life. He works as a conductor on Remy’s underground railway, lives alone in a windowless, basement apartment, and occasionally enjoys a moderately priced chai latte. He’s never been happier.After the death of his absentee father, Claude inherits a house. But it’s no ordinary house...
  • Principles of Spookology by S.E. Harmon

    Principles of Spookology by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 61 ratings
    No one said being a medium would be easy.Rain Christiansen, former FBI agent and current cold case detective, is starting to think it's the hardest job he's ever had—and the most important. He's determined to accept all the changes in his formerly well-ordered life, but that means embracing a whole lot of weird...
  • GhosTV by Jordan Castillo Price

    GhosTV by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 41 ratings
    For the past dozen years, Victor Bayne has solved numerous murders by interrogating witnesses only he can see—dead witnesses. But when his best friend Lisa goes missing from the sunny California campus of PsyTrain, the last thing he wants to find there is her spirit.Disappearing without a trace in a school full of psychics? That’s some trick...
  • Dead Serious Case #3: Mr Bruce Reyes by Vawn Cassidy

    Dead Serious Case #3: Mr Bruce Reyes by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Tristan Everett was finally getting used to the strangeness that was his life. Being able to see the dead and helping them solve their unfinished business and cross into the light wasn’t so bad after all, especially when he was accompanied by his best friend, dead drag queen Dusty Le Frey...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  caretaking  queer  paranormal  magic  m-m  fantasy
  • Dead Serious Case #2 Mrs Delores Abernathy by Vawn Cassidy

    Dead Serious Case #2 Mrs Delores Abernathy by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    In the business of unfinished business...It’s been over six months since a freak accident left pathologist Tristan Everett able to see ghosts, something he has yet to confess to his boyfriend...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  caretaking  humor  magic  fantasy  m-m
  • Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

    Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 165 ratings
    There is danger in dreaming. But there is even more danger in waking up. Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs. The trick with found things though, is how easily they can be lost...
  • Gummy Bears & Grenades by Charlie Cochet

    Gummy Bears & Grenades by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 37 ratings
    A THIRDS Novella THIRDS agent Dexter J. Daley can’t wait to marry his fiancé, Team Leader Sloane Brodie, but first he’s looking forward to celebrating his bachelor party—which he intends to be a shenanigans-free evening of getting his groove on with family and friends. Of course events don’t work out as planned, but for Dex that’s nothing new...
  • Conspiracy of Dragons by Louisa Masters

    Conspiracy of Dragons by Louisa Masters

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    There’s only one person I trust…It’s no secret that I’m hard to handle. People get annoyed by me. Sometimes they’re amused, but not for long. It’s not easy to deal with a paranoid conspiracy theorist, and I stretch everyone’s patience.Everyone except Wil. He was there at the beginning, when I left my old life behind, and he’s stuck with me since. He’s been my friend when no one else wanted to...
  • The Trouble With Trying to Save an Assassin by Jennifer Cody

    The Trouble With Trying to Save an Assassin by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Romily:You know what I’d like to know? Where the hell my romantic, how-we-got-engaged story is. Am I going to get it any time soon? Where is my bigass diamond?Unfortunately, all that relationship angst gets put on hold when my beloved son, Bellamy, is abducted by a werewolf-ish person I kinda like. Am I going to get my kid back? You betcha...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  age difference  suspense  queer  caretaking  humor  m-m  fae
  • 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...
  • Dead Serious Case #5 Madame Vivienne by Vawn Cassidy

    Dead Serious Case #5 Madame Vivienne by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    For one brief shining moment, the utter insanity that is Tristan Everett’s world makes sense.He’s marrying the man he loves, has a dead drag queen for a bestie and is surrounded by an amazing found family. Okay, so his life isn’t exactly what you’d call normal. By day, he’s a quiet, mild-mannered forensic pathologist, but the rest of the time, he guides lost souls into the light...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  suspense  m-m  contemporary  magic  demons  humor
  • Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 2 by Yuu Toyota, 豐田悠

    Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 2 by Yuu Toyota, 豐田悠

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 32 ratings
    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!Businessman Adachi turned thirty a virgin, and now he's a wizard who can read the mind of anyone he touches..
  • City Wolf by S.P. Wayne

    City Wolf by S.P. Wayne

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    The much anticipated sequel to Winter Wolf ! After almost a decade of self imposed solitude, Axton has a boyfriend. Leander might be a thousand miles away, but that still counts, right? Sure, maybe they haven't actually talked about their relationship status yet, and Axton might be a gay werewolf and Leander might be a human, but Ax is pretty sure things are going well...
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