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  • Fish in a Barrel by Amy Lane

    Fish in a Barrel by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Jackson and Ellery face their toughest case yet—against the criminal justice system itself.Jackson Rivers and Ellery Cramer have worked difficult jobs before, but usually it’s getting the facts that’s the problem. For their newest client, the trouble isn’t finding the truth—it’s corruption at the highest levels of the justice system...
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    mystery  queer  contemporary  m-m  suspense  paranormal  fantasy  humor
  • Dead Man's Chest by Pandora Pine

    Dead Man's Chest by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One phone call can change everything.Sick of snow and ice, psychic Tennyson Grimm jumps at the chance to head to Florida for a little fun in the sun. While sitting on the beach, his phone rings with a call from prison inmate River Ramsey who has a startling “You don’t know me, but I’m your brother...
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  • Ghost in the Box by Pandora Pine

    Ghost in the Box by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A killer is on the loose in Salem who not only wants to take your life, but your soul as well…Psychic Copeland Forbes anonymously receives a locked wooden box with an unknown spirit trapped inside. Attached to the chest is a cryptic May you get what you truly deserve...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  magic  fantasy  suspense
  • Smoke in the Mirror by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Smoke in the Mirror by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Memphis Sullivan thought he was coming to Blissville to help his cousin out, but instead, he gained three meddlesome females, a tribe, and a permanent home. More than a year later, he owns a popular comic book and vinyl record store and doesn’t think his life could get any better...
  • The Haunted Hotel by Vawn Cassidy

    The Haunted Hotel by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Have a frightfully good stay… Morgan Ashton-Drake hasn’t given his ancestral family home in Yorkshire a second thought in decades, even if it is technically part of his hotel empire. He has a great life in the States, so what if he works eighteen hour days seven days a week? you don’t get and keep a place on the Forbes 500 list unless you’re prepared to sweat blood...
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    mystery  queer  fantasy  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  humor  suspense
  • Dead Wood by Pandora Pine

    Dead Wood by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the harrowing events aboard the ghost train, Detective Ronan O’Mara is excited to reach the Double D Ranch in Deadwood, South Dakota. He plans to immerse himself in the old west by learning to ride horses, panning for gold and attending a rodeo. It’s the perfect mix of rest and relaxation he so desperately needs...
  • Dead For Teacher by Pandora Pine

    Dead For Teacher by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In 1968, three school children were allegedly poisoned to death by their teacher, Marie Fairbanks. A week later, Ms. Fairbanks was murdered, and the cops marked it off as a justifiable homicide. Case closed. No further investigation needed.Now, Detective Ronan O’Mara’s daughter has encountered the spirits of those dead children and Everly’s determined to help them rest in peace...
  • Operation Magma by Annabella Stone

    Operation Magma by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Taylor *Trace* Reeves has served in various branches of the military, and in multiple human wars over his life time which spans millennia. Once the faithful hound of Fionn Mac Cumhaill, Trace continues to protect the innocent and fight the wars of man. He will continue to keep his presence a secret from humans, even the ones he calls brothers...
  • History and Haunts by Minerva Howe

    History and Haunts by Minerva Howe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Secret Springs historical society manager Hank Vargas has two passions: history and hauntings. By day he's a mild-mannered historian. By night he hunts ghosts in old buildings and antique hotels...
  • Nutmeg Spiced Omega by Susi Hawke

    Nutmeg Spiced Omega by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The first rule of business is that you don’t mix it with pleasure. But if you do get involved with your business partner? Try not to knock him up… it goofs up the dividends. Tired of the playboy lifestyle, Gabe Smythe is ready for change. To start his new life, he’s come to Hollydale with one goal—to reunite with his long-lost brother, Rafe...
  • Not Over Yet by Barbara Elsborg

    Not Over Yet by Barbara Elsborg

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… One pissed off Santa…A whole heap of trouble…The last thing Phin feels like doing is going to a New Year’s Eve party. After a day dealing with sick animals, all he wants is a glass of red wine, some food and his bed. But as he drives home down a steep, snow-covered hill, he skids and hits a guy dressed as Santa Claus...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  paranormal  humor  m-m  fantasy  magic  contemporary
  • Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura

    Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From Storm in Heaven:Rakan lives alone, and the plants in his garden grow so thick and fast that it seems like a jungle. One day a man, holding a gun made of wood, falls right down into his garden. He seems to come from another world, and he's searching for someone who can bring back the green into his own dark and inhospitable world...
  • Lock Nut by J.L. Merrow

    Lock Nut by J.L. Merrow

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Still waters run deadly.Tom Paretski, plumber with a talent for finding hidden things, and his private investigator fiancé Phil Morrison have been hired to locate a runaway husband, Jonathan Parrot. The job seems simple enough—until their quarry turns up dead in a canal, and a photofit of Tom’s face is splashed all over the news, making him chief suspect...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  humor  fantasy  suspense
  • Blaze by Wolf Specter, Angel Knots

    Blaze by Wolf Specter, Angel Knots

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A dragon who doesn’t know how to love…. Fate hasn't been kind to Ivan, but he doesn’t blame her. He's spent the last couple of centuries doing terrible things to the humans who live in the Eastern European territory once claimed by his sire, Nikolai... which makes him the last person with any right to expect kindness from something as fickle as fate...
  • Lawful Mates by Liam Kingsley

    Lawful Mates by Liam Kingsley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I can’t believe my mate is covering for a criminal …I’m investigating the disappearance of a senator’s son, and I can’t help but think the man is as dirty as they come. When I see he’s hired Percy to be his lawyer it makes me sick. The alpha is supposed to be my fated mate, but I could never want a man who protects criminals...
  • Human Prince by Aja Foxx

    Human Prince by Aja Foxx

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Humans can't inherit vampire covens...or can they?Despite being from an aristocratic family, all I wanted was a normal life. I was more saddened by my grandfather's ill health than I was by the knowledge that my father would get the family title. Having been raised by my grandfather for almost my entire life, I felt as if I was losing more than my grandfather. I was losing my best friend...
  • Downtime by Tamara Allen

    Downtime by Tamara Allen

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    On assignment in London, FBI Agent Morgan Nash finds himself moments away from a bullet through the heart when the case he's working goes awry. But fate has other plans, he discovers when he wakes in a world far removed from his own...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  suspense  magic  paranormal  fantasy  m-m
  • Grand Adventures by John Amory, J.E. Birk

    Grand Adventures by John Amory, J.E. Birk

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On September 1, 2011, TJ Klune wrote, "...it's not about the ending, it's about the journey..." in a review of Eric Arvin's Woke Up in a Strange Place. With those words, two men began a journey of love and invited us to ride along. TJ and Eric have shared so much with us: their wonderful books, their smiles, their humor, their lives, and their inspiring devotion to each other...
  • A Beginner's Guide to Christmas Miracles by Shannon Mae

    A Beginner's Guide to Christmas Miracles by Shannon Mae

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nachielus (not Nicholas) may have gotten into a bit of trouble over unsanctioned miracles, ending up on the upstairs’ naughty list. Sure, maybe he’d gotten a little carried away with the whole Christmas thing, but he hadn’t meant to become a part of folklore, and surely that wasn’t a reason to bury him in centuries of paperwork...
  • The Tinder Chronicles: Complete 3-Volume Series by Alexa Land

    The Tinder Chronicles: Complete 3-Volume Series by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tinder’s world is black and white, good and evil clearly defined. The young vampire hunter was taught to hate his enemy with a passion, and hating them is easy since they killed his entire family. His attraction to Bane, a gorgeous, mysterious vampire, contradicts everything Tinder believes in, but the heat between them is undeniable...
  • Ghostly Dilemma by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Dilemma by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes it's the little cases.Not every minute of being a detective is spent solving huge murder cases. Sometimes it's the little ones that take up Detective Young's life, like the seventy-year-old cold case that suddenly fell into his lap or figuring out if a death was suicide or murder.Lance spends most of his time working cases that no one hears about...
  • So Stinkin' Deer by J.D. Light

    So Stinkin' Deer by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Friends to Lovers Shifter Mpreg. Barnabi is an alpha deer shifter who loves his best friend Fowler more than anything else in this world. Fowler is an omega skunk shifter who just wants to spend the rest of his life with his best friend Barnabi, and he'll take it any way he can get it...
  • My Christmas Spirit by K.C. Wells

    My Christmas Spirit by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I knew I had problems when I woke up in the middle of the night to find Mike Stubbins sitting at the foot of my bed, stark naked, still as gorgeous as every one of my memories of him. So what’s the problem, I hear you cry? Gorgeous, naked man in my bedroom? Well, there’s the not-so-small, highly significant detail that he died six years ago. Yup. You read that right. And now he’s everywhere...
  • Love At Frost Bite: Benji (Mated to His Reindeer) by Toby Wise

    Love At Frost Bite: Benji (Mated to His Reindeer) by Toby Wise

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a self-proclaimed grinch find love in time for Christmas?Benji prefers a quiet life, and he’s gotten to the age where he’s used to being alone. Despite being a reindeer, he hates ‘the Christmas spirit’ and the only thing softening his grumpy exterior is a certain otter shifter who seems determined to slip his way into Benji’s life.Mason is a single dad working at the food court in the mall...
  • Love at Frost Bite: Rudy (Mated to His Reindeer) by Victoria Sue

    Love at Frost Bite: Rudy (Mated to His Reindeer) by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Christmas Curse...Not only had Rudy drawn the short straw as far as family names went, but he'd lucked out on his shifter genes as well. Male reindeers capable of getting pregnant were as rare as rocking horse poop...well, you get the idea...
  • Psychic Men by Adira August

    Psychic Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hunter Dane and Camden Snow have settled into a satisfying routine of solving murders and hanging at the club, when they aren't expressing their affection for one another. Vigorously. A great life in an idyllic location. Until a skinny kid who barely came up to Cam's chin sought out Detective Lieutenant Dane... "I saw my father last night," Asher Gamble told him...
  • Once Upon a Christmas House by A.D. Ellis

    Once Upon a Christmas House by A.D. Ellis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ivyrson is the quintessential Scrooge when it comes to anything having to do with the holidays. However, the chance to win a hefty chunk of money and free repairs on his old home is enough to entice the man to take part in a holiday-themed reality game.Emory has had a crush on his older brother’s best friend for years...
  • Dr. Hottie's Alpha by Allie W. Scott

    Dr. Hottie's Alpha by Allie W. Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A calm, focused Omega. An eager, young Alpha. Can they accept their differences to become what they were meant to be?Chance Reeves is a doctor dedicated to his profession. Bringing babies in this world keeps him in business, but it also leaves him wanting more...
  • The Sugarplum Fairy by Dallas James, Samantha Cole

    The Sugarplum Fairy by Dallas James, Samantha Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *****Previously published under the pen name Dallas James. Now published under Samantha Cole.Jasper Sugarplum holds one of the most respected elf positions at the North Pole. He works in the Department of Naughty or Nice Affairs and takes his job seriously. After checking on the children on his list one November night, he’s heading home when disaster strikes...
  • To Find Him and Love Him Again, Volume 1 by Harper Fox

    To Find Him and Love Him Again, Volume 1 by Harper Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    (Author’s note and warning: this is Volume One of Two in this tenth Tyack & Frayne story, and does have a cliffhanger end! Volume Two is available to pre-order from Amazon now with a release date of August 2020...
  • Dead Man's Quill by Jordan Castillo Price

    Dead Man's Quill by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It’s all fun and games until someone loses a hand. Dixon has been dying to introduce Yuri to Uncle Fonzo, the Hand of his family, and now he’ll finally get that chance. All they need to do is meet him at a traveling carnival with an unused piece of Spellcraft. Easy peasy, right? Not even a little. And even worse, they might encounter a clown...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  humor  fantasy  magic  paranormal  contemporary
  • Santa's Secrets by K.C. Wells, Meredith Russell

    Santa's Secrets by K.C. Wells, Meredith Russell

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Anthony has a secret.One Christmas Eve when he was twelve, he found Santa laying presents under the tree.He never told a soul. And the following year he snuck out of bed to see if he could repeat the event.Every Christmas Eve for more than forty years, he and Santa have met, only now, they’re friends. But although Anthony is ageing, Santa hasn’t changed since that first night...
  • The Bastard Prince by Megan Derr

    The Bastard Prince by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Reyes O'Bannon lives a fairly quiet life, despite his role as the King's secretary. His days are filled with appointments, paperwork, and avoiding the romantic attentions of Kinnaird, the Duke of Keyes; attentions that become harder to ignore with each passing day..
  • Illuminate by Lisa Oliver

    Illuminate by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Stefan de Marco was looking for a position... again. Being a high scoring magical anchor was only useful in his world when he had someone to partner with. His slender body and elfin looks meant he was usually only chosen to anchor people who believed his duties should extend well past working hours, and that wasn't something Stefan was interested in...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  magic  demons  contemporary
  • Walk a Mile by Sarah Madison

    Walk a Mile by Sarah Madison

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sequel to Unspeakable Words Six months after starting their hunt for a serial killer who is still at large, FBI agents Jerry Lee Parker and John Flynn are partners in every sense. But Jerry has serious doubts about their relationship and whether they would even be together if not for the way Flynn changed after touching a mysterious artifact in a museum...
  • Ghostly Claus by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Claus by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    When Santa Claus appears on Lance's autopsy table, he can't believe his eyes or ears as the not-so-jolly ghost accompanying the body tells Lance he's been murdered. Solving this murder will take time as the list of suspects is growing. For some, Christmas isn't the most wonderful time of the year, but it is the most profitable.To top it off, Lance's brother is in town visiting and he's not alone...
  • Winter's Heart by Leta Blake

    Winter's Heart by Leta Blake

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 11 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found hereA short winter holiday-themed story set in the Heat of Love universe!This story is best read as an addition to the Heat of Love series, and preferably after reading Bitter Heat. Dedicated to my patrons at Patreon who support the business end of making books and audiobooks...
  • Ghostly Death by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Death by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When teenagers start dying around town, it's up to Detective Angus Young to figure out if the cases are connected and who would want them dead.Lance is one of the city's medical examiners and has a talent he doesn't share with many people — he sees ghosts.Helping his boyfriend figure out who wants these kids dead just became his number one job...
  • An Omega for Christmas by L.C. Davis

    An Omega for Christmas by L.C. Davis

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A stolen child, an omega who never gave up, and an Alpha who will stop at nothing to bring them together again… Detective Dean Garza has almost everything an Alpha could ask for: a challenging career, a big, wonderful, wacky family and a comfortable place to come home to at the end of a long day...
  • Willowhope Manor by Sammi Cee

    Willowhope Manor by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “There’s no time. Remember Willowhope Manor.”All Chance wants is a change of pace and a little excitement, so opening a B&B in a town surrounded by ghost stories sounds like the perfect solution.Throw in Jett, the super-sexy handyman, who is as willing to work him over as he is to help return the manor to its former glory, and Chance knows he made the right decision...
  • Stargazing with a Ghost by K.L. Hiers

    Stargazing with a Ghost by K.L. Hiers

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Grant Mittel is the Paranormal Probe's secret weapon for ghost hunting: he's a medium.His ability to communicate with the dead is put to the ultimate test when the crew takes on an unprecedented challenge—living at the famously haunted Allan Hotel for three months to film the new season of their ghost hunting show...
  • Ghostly Hostage by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Hostage by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Back from vacation, Lance is ready to dive back into work—that is, until the morgue employees are taken hostage on his first day back. Held at gunpoint was not how he thought he'd spend his day. With their lives on the line, Lance and the others have no choice but to follow orders and perform the autopsy that's been demanded.Angus never dreamed he'd be the one worrying about Lance being killed...
  • The Ghost in the Mirror by Faith Gibson

    The Ghost in the Mirror by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What do you do when you have no memories of your life except the one moment that took everything away? My name is Dex and I'm a Marine. Somewhere in the horrors of the sand overseas, an explosion took out not only most of my unit but also my memories of everything that happened before that day. When my memories don’t return, the explosion also ends my career in the military...
  • Sight and Sinners by Susan Mac Nicol

    Sight and Sinners by Susan Mac Nicol

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE MEN OF LONDONFrom Charing Cross to Waterloo, there’s no escaping love.SEEING THROUGH…28-year-old Draven Samuels has a tragic past, but as an investigator with a high-profile London company he now gets what he wants. Tough, sarcastic, and sceptical, he has no patience for lies and even less for people who waste his time. Even if they’re as beautiful as the wild and dark-haired Taylor Abelard...
  • No Friends in Abergwyn by Ripley Hayes

    No Friends in Abergwyn by Ripley Hayes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Abergwyn seemed a lot more exciting with Lorne. And that was before the camper van convoy arrived.Peter Tudor was coming to terms with his quiet life as a district nurse when a bunch of strangers turn up to visit his maybe-boyfriend Lorne Stewart. They bring a mysterious package, secrets and jealousy from the past, and magic that even sceptical Peter can't ignore...
  • Omega May by Anna Wineheart

    Omega May by Anna Wineheart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Madden had one job—to kill an alpha. Instead, he fell in love. Trapped in a pack that murdered his parents, twenty-year-old Madden craves one thing: freedom. For three years, he's been living on the streets, afraid the Dastrels will target him next. On a failed escape attempt, the Dastrels make him an offer: end the police officer patrolling their territory, and he can leave...
  • Seizing Dreams [夺梦] by Arise Zhang, 非天夜翔

    Seizing Dreams [夺梦] by Arise Zhang, 非天夜翔

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Within the dream of the dreamer, the one who was dreamed of awoke.… Borges“I exist in the sunlight, the wind, between the heavens and the earth, and also in dreams.”One night, Yu Hao, a college student who was at his wits’ end had an unexpected encounter with a mysterious visitor – “General” – who had dream traveled...
  • Not a Mermaid by Madeline Kirby

    Not a Mermaid by Madeline Kirby

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s July in Houston, and when heat waves and storm warnings finally give way to flooding rains, Jake Hillebrand’s strange dreams take a sinister turn. When the flood waters recede, the body of a young woman is found on the banks of Buffalo Bayou - a young woman whose life overlaps with that of Detective Victoria Perez...
  • The Bodyguard Book 2 by X. Aratare

    The Bodyguard Book 2 by X. Aratare

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Artifact is a gay detective romance series from Raythe Reign. The books contain a sexy bodyguard, his determined young client, an ancient golden sarcophagus, and unsolved mysteries in both their pasts... Dane Gareis thought that he would be broken forever - unable to be touched by any man after surviving a terrible assault...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  m-m  fantasy  paranormal  contemporary  suspense  magic
  • The Haunting of Lockton by Jaclyn Osborn

    The Haunting of Lockton by Jaclyn Osborn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Ivy Grove was a ghost hunter gold mine.At least, that’s what Skyler and his twin brother believe when traveling to the sleepy little town for their ghost hunting web series. Their goal? Investigate the notoriously haunted Lockton Asylum.Paxton doesn’t like people. Well, living ones. His ghost best friend—and housemate—is the only one he lets down his guard with...
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