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  • Brie Embraces the Heart of Submission: After Graduation by Red Phoenix

    Brie Embraces the Heart of Submission: After Graduation by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    ** First published as the wildly popular eight-part eBook serial, Brie Embraces the Heart of Submission: After Graduation is now available as a full-length novel. **On the night of graduation, Brie Bennett offered her collar to the man who’d won her devotion during her time at the Submissive Training Center.So begins the seductive sequel to Brie Learns the Art of Submission..
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    m-f  bdsm  menage  contemporary  m-f-m  alpha male  fantasy  poly
  • Hot Mess by Jaine Diamond

    Hot Mess by Jaine Diamond

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Fate. Destiny. Karma… She’s mine. It all started with a broken heart.And a breakup party.Rock stars. Circus freaks. And a bachelorette party.Too. Much. Booze.An embarrassing tattoo.And a twist of fate. Her name was Danny. I thought she was The One.But then I lost her.And I never thought I’d see her again.Now… I’m a mess.I’ve had my heart broken—more than once.And my band's broken up...
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    m-f  contemporary  humor  fantasy  poly  bisexual  new adult  rockstars
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  • Resurrect by Kendra Moreno, Poppy Woods

    Resurrect by Kendra Moreno, Poppy Woods

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A deadly disease has spread through the Blooming Courts of Tuatha.The louloudi are meant to flourish for a thousand years before they return to the Earth. Death has been a distant foe for so long, no one spares it any thought. Until now. As sickness sweeps through the kingdom, with the cure always just out of reach, the courts have never been filled with so many blossoms...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  fantasy  fae  magic  reverse harem  poly  length-medium
  • Wild Hunt by River Ramsey

    Wild Hunt by River Ramsey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s all fun and games to them--especially when someone gets hurt. One god of mischief and mayhem. One god of fur and fang. And the god of death himself. They’ve all been out to get me since the school year began, but this semester, the Rabbit’s got some tricks up her sleeve...
  • Beasts by Sheridan Anne

    Beasts by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Rain, rain go away.Naive rivals I will slay.Touch what’s theirs and they will play.A shallow grave you will lay.Standing at the top of the DeAngelis empire isn’t as glamorous as it sounds.Sure, it comes with the kind of power one could only ever dream of, and having three men to lavish me with undeniable pleasure is the greatest perk of all...
  • Daughter of Sherwood by K.C. Kingmaker

    Daughter of Sherwood by K.C. Kingmaker

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Darkness lies in Sherwood Forest, and it’s calling to me… It’s not a good time to be a woman in Nottingham. I have to contend with oppressive taxes, a sick mother, a cruel father, and pushy suitors nipping at my heels. Even as an heiress, I’m imprisoned by my lot in life.I’d rather be a man—gambling with guttersnipe boys, free from the shackles of my aristocratic duties...
  • Echoes of Her Soul by Serena Lindahl

    Echoes of Her Soul by Serena Lindahl

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Megreria is a Kingdom built upon order. Each citizen receives an assigned House based on a test of their skills and an assigned Soul Match, the other piece of their soul as seen by the mysterious Soul Tenders. A week ago, Kiarra didn’t believe in Soul Matches and she couldn’t master any ability well enough to test into a House...
  • The King's Maiden by Elle Parker

    The King's Maiden by Elle Parker

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Twenty-five thousand dollars to let some entitled, rich guy boss me around for a month?Sign. Me. Up.Most days, I did that for free and called it being female.But it turns out the rumors circulating campus are true.A secret society wants to pay me for their privilege.Life has thrown me nothing but lemons since I lost my father.Crippling student loans. Unpaid medical bills. Overdue rent...
  • Spineless by Autumn Reed

    Spineless by Autumn Reed

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Eight years ago, I believed I’d finally found a place to call home. My mother’s marriage to Vincent Sharpe meant security and three stepbrothers who were already my best friends. But Mom’s mysterious death one week before the wedding turned my world upside down. The day of her funeral, I was whisked away to live with my aunt in Kansas, and I never heard from the Sharpes again..
  • Clockwork Dragon by Kaye Draper

    Clockwork Dragon by Kaye Draper

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Blithe Li is a wellspring—a vessel containing magic that can only be used by a magi. The only problem is, women aren’t supposed to be wellsprings. In a world where powerful female magic workers rule, and vulnerable male wellsprings must follow the rigid social norms meant to keep their magic pure from corruption, Blythe doesn’t fit in anywhere. She can’t actually use magic, the way a woman should...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  fantasy  f-f  reverse harem  poly  queer  length-short
  • Knot Falling for You by Winnie Aster

    Knot Falling for You by Winnie Aster

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Persephone is trying to live the simple life as a barista in the small town of Starsfalls. When a chance encounter presents an opportunity for Seph to help her favorite bookstore, she jumps at it.But things don’t go according to plan. Seph is a self-proclaimed beta who has spent her life avoiding alphas, and working with a hunky alpha architect is not what she signed on for...
  • Dumped by Kira Roman

    Dumped by Kira Roman

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Dumped is a reverse harem romance, meaning our FMC will have more than one love interest and won’t have to choose between them at the end. The SCU series consists of 12 stories all set in the university and shared world, and each can be read independently and in any order. Dumped is the sixth book. Standalone HEA...
  • Harmony of Their Souls by Serena Lindahl

    Harmony of Their Souls by Serena Lindahl

    Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kiarra and her five Soul Matches have begun their bonding process to unite their souls, but a darkness is spreading across the land. Forced to flee the city, they take refuge in the country where they realize so much more is at stake than just the well-being of Megreria's citizens...
  • Mages of Buldoun by Daniel Schinhofen

    Mages of Buldoun by Daniel Schinhofen

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Gregory, Yukiko, and Jenn were thrilled— not only had they won their first apprentice tournament, their friends finally joined them in Aether’s Guard. Daciana, Nessa, and Victoria were only halfway through their novice year, but had made an impact during their novice tournament.Besides the three novices, more friends joined their clan: Ling and Clover...
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    m-f  fantasy  magic  military  erotica  paranormal  poly  menage
  • Travis by Nicole Edwards

    Travis by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 49 ratings
    The oldest of the Walker brothers opens a unique resort—catering to fetishes and fantasies—in this sizzling ebook from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Nicole Edwards. Travis Walker, the oldest of the seven Walker brothers, has been referred to as moody and mysterious, and for the most part, he would agree...
  • Aether's Blessing by Daniel Schinhofen

    Aether's Blessing by Daniel Schinhofen

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Every year, the empire administers the rite of passage into adulthood. That rite serves to identify those blessed by Aether to become magi. The new magi are shipped to the academy to learn the arts of magic. The academy is a dangerous place; the tournaments held twice each year can cripple or kill the students, and the clans of the empire will go to great lengths to recruit the students they want...
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    m-f  fantasy  harems  magic  young adult  erotica  paranormal  menage
  • Deadly Little Promises by K.G. Reuss

    Deadly Little Promises by K.G. Reuss

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 37 ratings
    Vindictive. Savage. Deadly. Villains.The horsemen made a move and took me from my kingdom.There’s one thing they didn’t expect though.The truth.With an alliance formed and our world thrown into war, we either choose sides or die for those we love.There are rules to warfare but rules are meant to be broken and so are kings.Our enemies know it. And I’ll be the one they use to prove it...
  • Neutral by Jane Washington, Jaymin Eve

    Neutral by Jane Washington, Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 38 ratings
    Sometimes, the end is only the beginning. Emmy was born a dweller and she expected to die as a dweller ... until Willa changed everything. Now she has no idea of her path, and she certainly wasn't prepared for what would happen after her death. Caught in the middle of a war that threatened to prove much more significant than anyone had ever expected, there is only one person who can help her...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  humor  fantasy  paranormal  new adult  magic  poly  open-door
  • On The Edge by K.G. Reuss

    On The Edge by K.G. Reuss

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 22 ratings
    It’s not the fall that hurts. It’s the sudden stop.I shouldn’t be attending funerals for those I love, and I shouldn’t be wondering if I’m next.This new world is crueler than the last. With my horsemen slowly slipping away, I’m left with a numbness I’m not sure how to navigate.Those I’m warned to keep my distance from keep dragging me closer as I struggle to breathe in this nightmare I’m living...
  • The Cities by K.A. Knight

    The Cities by K.A. Knight

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Ivar The Destroyer is dead. Killed by my hands. Now, I hold the throne, and the Berserkers look to me for leadership. But loyalty runs deep—can I really trust the men who followed Ivar’s ruthless orders? So much blood has been spilled to end this fight before it ever began, but bigger challenges loom...
  • The Blood of Gods and Monsters by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke

    The Blood of Gods and Monsters by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Greed is lethal. Blood is honest. Between the blood of gods and monsters, I am both killer and healer.The Darkhavens were once my obstacle. Now, they may be the only safe haven I have left.The Gods are lying to us all.They are not Gods at all, but creatures that came from another world to rule over ours...
  • A Reign of Storm and Madness by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke

    A Reign of Storm and Madness by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Enemies make dangerous lovers … or so they say. I am not a chosen of the Gods, but a bloody tragedy of their choices. I have endured worse than the Darkhavens. Torture. Pain. Manipulation. There is nothing anyone can do to me that I have not already done to myself. Ruen’s betrayal will not break me. Despite the punishment I receive, my goal remains the same: Find the target. Terminate them...
  • Silent Omen by Ashley Amy

    Silent Omen by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Book Summary What had I gotten myself into? This game wasn’t just for show on a board. No. These monsters played something I was foreign to. I didn’t know the rules when I started, but I didn’t know this was what the game would turn into. Still, I keep trying. I have nothing left. I’ll play until it’s done because I can’t let them win...
  • Enter Sandman by Cerise Cole

    Enter Sandman by Cerise Cole

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    The story continues to grow...Enter Sandman is a complete paranormal romance novel with a slow burn romance where the heroine doesn't have to choose between her love interests. Book 3 of 4 - Release scheduled - Sept 3, 2021 This is a joint writing project between Auryn Hadley and Kitty Cox, we've teamed up under a combined pseudonym, Cerise Cole...
  • License to Kill by R.J. Blain

    License to Kill by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Being the mate of Jake Thomas isn’t what Karma expected. He wants to keep her safe. She wants to find out the truth behind the kidnapping of baby Annabelle Greenwich, the case that had resulted in their marriage. The truth can only be found in murky waters, and with a betrayer in their midsts, Karma is forced to choose between the man she loves and justice...
  • Queen of Lies by Kel Carpenter

    Queen of Lies by Kel Carpenter

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    My second year at Daizlei didn’t kill me. It did something so much worse.It killed her.And the world will never be the same because of it.Anastasia thought she could own me. The Supernatural thought they could control me. They didn’t realize the darkness they courted until the walls of Daizlei came crushing down around us.I always thought of myself as hard. Unbreakable. Unbeatable...
  • The Forgotten by K.A. Knight

    The Forgotten by K.A. Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The rules of Paradise are simple: Everyone must work. Everyone must contribute. If you leave, you may never come back. Paradise is the new world, to question that is to question the law. They have been drilled into us since the world ended and those bunker doors shut...
  • Dark Hearts: A Dark Erotic Taboo Novella Collection. Volume 1 by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Dark Hearts: A Dark Erotic Taboo Novella Collection. Volume 1 by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Masked Lovers (Adopted sibling) The Hunting Games (Primal/Prey) Stranger Danger (Intruder) 7 Minutes in Hell (Bully)Dr...
  • Highway to Hell by Cerise Cole

    Highway to Hell by Cerise Cole

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    The journey concludes...Highway to Hell is a complete paranormal romance novel with a slow burn romance where the heroine doesn't have to choose between her love interests. Book 4 of 4 - Release scheduled - Dec 3, 2021 This is a joint writing project between Auryn Hadley and Kitty Cox, we've teamed up under a combined pseudonym, Cerise Cole...
  • The Serpent Priest by Anna McIlwraith

    The Serpent Priest by Anna McIlwraith

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Betrayed, bereft, and beaten — but not broken. Emma Chase is the Caller of the Blood, destined to command the magic of all shapechanging races. She’s been to Hell and back and she’ll never be the same, but she’s rebuilding her life — and her sanity — with the help of some totally unexpected allies. If only she knew how to heal the one person whose soul is bound to hers forever...
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