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  • The Bridge of Silver Wings by John Wiltshire

    The Bridge of Silver Wings by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 26 ratings
    The third book in the series More Heat Than the Sun Ben discovers the truth of the old adage 'be careful what you wish for'. Nikolas has exorcised his demons, but when they end up stranded in Russia, the monster inside needs to be let loose. Siberia in winter isn't a place for good men. There is nothing Nikolas won't do to keep Ben alive...
  • This Other Country by John Wiltshire

    This Other Country by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    Nikolas is the sanest, straightest, person Ben knows, so can anyone tell him, why is he on a gay therapy course?Nikolas Mikkelsen could make a very long list of unpleasant things he's endured in his life. Then order it from 'nearly killed me' to 'extremely horrific and don't want to do again'...
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  • Finder Volume 4: Prisoner in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder Volume 4: Prisoner in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    "Don't tell me you actually believe Asami is in love with you?" The gorgeous and devious Fei Long has kidnapped Akihito and taken him all the way to Hong...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  bdsm  suspense  queer  m-m  rape  contemporary  dark
  • The Scent of Winter by Tiffany Reisz

    The Scent of Winter by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The 2016 Original Sinners Christmas story, free on December 20th.Kingsley Edge thought he was being driven to the airport. He never expected he'd be kidnapped and relocated to a cabin in the middle of nowhere, Maine to help Søren celebrate his birthday. But it's not quite the sexy party Kingsley hoped for...
  • Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol.1 by Kou Yoneda

    Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol.1 by Kou Yoneda

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Yashiro is the young leader of Shinseikai and the president of the Shinseikai Enterprise, but like so many powerful men, he leads a double life as a deviant and a masochist. Chikara Doumeki comes to work as a bodyguard for him and, although Yashiro had decided that he would never lay a hand on his own men, he finds there's something about Doumeki that he can't resist...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  mafia  age difference  queer  m-m  dark  contemporary  rape
  • Dissent: A Charity Romance Anthology by Brighton Walsh, Kennedy Fox

    Dissent: A Charity Romance Anthology by Brighton Walsh, Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    For National Read a Book day, DISSENT is available in eBook and paperback!DISSENT is a charity romance anthology with NEW, never before published content from over 150 authors of all romance genres. All proceeds from the eBook and paperbacks will be donated to organizations benefiting reproductive rights in the United States, particularly in areas where people need them more than ever...
  • Twittering birds never fly, vol. 5 by Kou Yoneda

    Twittering birds never fly, vol. 5 by Kou Yoneda

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Yashiro è un capo yakuza innamorato dai tempi del liceo del suo migliore amico, Kageyama. Purtroppo per lui, Kageyama è già legato sentimentalmente a un altro uomo, e a Yashiro sembra non restare che rassegnarsi...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mafia  age difference  dark  m-m  abuse  contemporary  death
  • Finder, Volume 3: One Wing in the Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder, Volume 3: One Wing in the Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The Chinese crime lord Fei Long comes to Japan hoping to lure freelance photographer Akihito into his web of intrigue and sex. But when his friends fall prey to Fei Long's diabolical schemes, Akihito has only one person he can ask for help, the person he despises more than anyone else on Earth: the Yakuza boss Asami, who once made Akihito his sex slave...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  bdsm  suspense  queer  m-m  contemporary  rape  dark
  • Death's Ink-Black Shadow by John Wiltshire

    Death's Ink-Black Shadow by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 22 ratings
    It takes a certain kind of courage to live as if favoured by the gods, ignoring the ever-present ghosts of your past—or perhaps not bravery, but arrogance. And maybe not even that. Ben genuinely believes that the past is behind them—that they deserve to enjoy the life they have created. So it’s not hubris that leads him to overlook the signs that Nikolas does not share his faith, it’s love...
  • The Vengeance of Roan Sinclair by Ashlyn Drewek

    The Vengeance of Roan Sinclair by Ashlyn Drewek

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    After a lifetime of death and suffering, Aleksandr Vassiliev finally has everything he could ever want — the most important being someone to share his future with. Somehow a spoiled American named Roan gave Sasha a reason to see life could be more. Except, that’s where the fairytale ends...
  • 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 4 [Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai 4] by Kou Yoneda, ヨネダコウ

    囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 4 [Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai 4] by Kou Yoneda, ヨネダコウ

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Yashiro is the young leader of Shinseikai and the president of the Shinseikai Enterprise, but like so many powerful men, he leads a double life as a deviant and a masochist. Chikara Doumeki comes to work as a bodyguard for him and, although Yashiro had decided that he would never lay a hand on his own men, he finds there's something about Doumeki that he can't resist...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  bdsm  age difference  queer  m-m  dark  contemporary  abuse
  • On the Double by Cara Dee

    On the Double by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The Renegades #3 • Romantic Suspense • Action • MMM“It’s a fine line between not revealing your arsenal and creating disorder by showing your strength.”Funny how calm you could feel when someone had ripped the heart out of your chest.River and Reese Tenley had grown up on the fringes of society, spending most of their adult years as private military contractors in places nobody else wanted to go...
  • Backdraft by Cole McCade

    Backdraft by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE When a 911 call goes wrong and a young man goes missing, it falls to Malcolm and Seong-Jae to investigate the responding officers when Internal Affairs' internal politics leave the case compromised and the officers aren't willing to talk...
  • The Golden Ratio by Cole McCade

    The Golden Ratio by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The boys are back, and an old face from Seong-Jae’s past plunges BPD Detectives Malcolm Khalaji and Seong-Jae Yoon from a two-month suspension right into the depths of hell — and into one of the most horrific, grisly cases of Malcolm’s life. He's never seen anything like it...
  • Finder, Vol. 1: Target in the Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder, Vol. 1: Target in the Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 37 ratings
    During a routine journalism assignment, Akihito Takara is captured by the mysterious Asami, a powerful leader in Japan's underworld society...
  • Enemy Combatant by Cara Dee

    Enemy Combatant by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Renegades #2 • Romantic Suspense • Stockholm Syndrome • Hurt Comfort • Action • MM“The best intelligence is the knowledge that your enemy doesn’t know you have.”Crew Finlay’s ego had taken a hit or two. He couldn’t lie. As a Marine, he’d been one of the best. As a private military contractor, he’d…messed up a bit. Or failed spectacularly. Whatever...
  • Haven by K.A. Merikan

    Haven by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    — Not the same river, not the same man. —After seven years away, Seth and Domenico are back in Sicily with one goal in mind.Revenge.The man who’d hounded their family is still alive, and as untouchable as he’s always been. While they wait for the right moment to strike, reality clashes with fond memories of home...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  alpha male  bad boys  queer  m-m  dark  contemporary
  • Deep Spiral by Cole McCade

    Deep Spiral by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE A deadly, unstable shooter. A trap Malcolm and Seong-Jae can't escape. And more than one life on the line as they find themselves facing down one of the Golden Ratio Killer's proxies in a high-stakes hostage situation that could ramp up the serial murderer's mathematical body counts exponentially. And if Malcolm and Seong-Jae aren't careful, they'll be among the tally...
  • Hard Angle by Cole McCade

    Hard Angle by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Unsettled tensions from the last case come to a head as Seong-Jae reveals his secrets — but will it be enough to repair the fractures in his relationship with Malcolm?Especially when their only promising lead on the Golden Ratio Killer's identity falls apart, along with any hope of returning home to Baltimore and to their life together.When their primary suspect turns up dead.....
  • Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol. 6 by Kou Yoneda

    Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol. 6 by Kou Yoneda

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Yashiro and Doumeki have finally crossed the line that for so long they dared not. Doumeki confronts the fact that Yashiro is irreplaceable to him, while Yashiro realizes his own contradictory feelings for Doumeki. Because he values him, he can't let him go. Because he values him, he must let him go...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mafia  age difference  contemporary  dark  m-m  abduction  abuse
  • Enduring Night by John Wiltshire

    Enduring Night by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    You’d have thought that Ben and Nikolas would have learnt that their romantic holidays inevitably end up as disasters. A short break on the polar ice sees them trapped in a nightmare of murder and deceit. Neither of them, however, foresees the long-term impact that endless winter has on their relationship...
  • White Rabbit, Part II by Cole McCade

    White Rabbit, Part II by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The white rabbit crashes storytime with Sila, Malcolm, and Seong-Jae — a little too literally, leaving our intrepid detectives battered but not broken. Yet what they find with the white rabbit's arrival could destroy even the strongest man: a diabolical game with over two dozen lives at stake, turning their final showdown into a macabre stage play with the white rabbit as its star...
  • His Fatal Love by Leighton Greene

    His Fatal Love by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Easily bored, completely manipulative, and utterly deadly…and that’s just in bed.As an assassin for the Castellani Family, I live for the thrill of the job. I'm devoted to my Family and my Don, because they keep me safe.To Leo Bernardi, I'm a monster. A killing machine. And a puppet that his Family can use for their own ends. To me, Leo is just a pawn in a game that I'm playing. A means to an end...
  • Divine Proportion by Cole McCade

    Divine Proportion by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    While Captain Anjulie Zarate y Salazar faces a crisis of loyalty at home, Malcolm Khalaji faces another crisis in Los Angeles—one that will test him to his absolute limits.And that crisis is named Yoon Eun-Ji...
  • Black and Brown by A.E. Via

    Black and Brown by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grace’s composed, yet lethal disposition balances his partner Mirage’s impulsive nature, creating a duo—the second-generation Brown Ravens—with the potential for greatness. Grace was one of the most decorated sharpshooters in the Marines. He’s fiercely committed to righting the wrongs that plague the world and protecting the innocent...
  • Devil by Silvia Violet

    Devil by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A Dark Mafia Romance Devil is a mobster with a dangerous secret... There's a cop who hates him. A cop he caught and released. A cop he can't get out of his mind after the one forbidden night they shared...
  • Kiss Your Scars by Avril Ashton

    Kiss Your Scars by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Being the king of Atlanta’s underworld used to have its perks, but lately all undercover agent Renzo Vega has seen is the downside. Someone is auctioning off women in his city, and he’s damn sure not about to let that offense stand. Just as he’s set to make a move, Renzo’s club is ambushed and he’s shot. Unsure of who to trust, he turns to the one man he definitely knows wants him dead...
  • The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 5 by 945

    The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 5 by 945

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    THE LONG GOODBYEIt’s been three years since Eui-joon last saw Gunwoo and there have been a lot of changes. Eui-joon no longer works his punishing graveyard shift at the convenience store, but instead works in sales at a small company where, as the newest employee, he’s constantly running errands for his boss...
  • Rogue Launch by Cara Dee

    Rogue Launch by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The Renegades #1 Romantic Suspense Enemies to Lovers Action MM“We will find you, darling. Stay strong. We will find you.”This was exactly what Elliott Jones needed. A nice barbecue with family and friends. The moving trucks were parked outside his new ranch, and he was ready to start fresh. Again. Despite the regrets he lived with, he tried to focus on the good things in life...
  • How Did You Survive Alone? by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory

    How Did You Survive Alone? by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Legacy Mobster Fallon Maher is falling for the most unlikely person. Aspen is handsome, but he’s quiet, while Fallon is the opposite and talks enough to irritate everyone. The two men dance around their feelings, but when Fallon is injured while on a job for their boss, Aspen charges into the line of fire to help him...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  age difference  multicultural  bdsm  queer  m-m  m-m-m  dark
  • Salvation by Cassie Hargrove, Story Brooks

    Salvation by Cassie Hargrove, Story Brooks

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    It started with an Obsession… We knew from the moment we saw her that she would be ours, and we used all of our means of Seduction to prove it to her... However, with our way of life comes trouble. It didn’t matter how much Devotion we had, it wasn’t enough to keep her safe, and now we’re here. We’re fighting for our lives and everything we never knew we’d have...
  • Enticed by the Enemy by Leighton Greene

    Enticed by the Enemy by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    He’s an FBI profiler who’s half my age. Contact between us is forbidden. But I can’t stay away from him.As the Morelli Underboss, I'm the Family problem-solver. So when a task force blames the Morellis for a series of murders in Central Park, it's up to me to restore our reputation...
  • Matchstick Men by Adira August

    Matchstick Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sometimes it's the cop who needs to hit the floor... Haunted by the worst case of my career, I knew only one way to exorcise the images from my mind, the victim from my soul ... Inside the club, I scanned the room. He was here—Camden Snow—a sex god in the guise of unpretentious youth...
  • The Interrogation (Hunt&Cam4Ever) by Adira August

    The Interrogation (Hunt&Cam4Ever) by Adira August

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hunter’s most twisted killer. Cam’s most dangerous case.A STAND-ALONE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERIf you like a master gamesman for a detective and a few twists in your criminal cocktail, you want to read this...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  queer  m-m  mystery  contemporary  dark  length-short
  • Cold Calculation by Cole McCade

    Cold Calculation by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    How do you profile a serial killer who keeps changing his pattern? A body encased in ice and a cryptic message make Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi question everything they thought they'd learned about the Golden Ratio Killer. If their suspect can change his methods and alter his patterns, he could easily disappear... ..
  • Deliverance by Garrett Leigh

    Deliverance by Garrett Leigh

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Banished gangster Benito Martell is living on the edge. An explosive hook-up in a club gifts him the relief he craves, but nothing about his life is ever so simple. Complications abound, and before long, he’s falling for the only man who can save his family from eviction.Recovering addict Mickey Larwood has worked hard to leave his past behind...
  • Unmask You by Avril Ashton

    Unmask You by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Theirs is a perfect marriage. Until a home invasion exposes secrets, lies, and shatters everything Elias and Lucky hold dear. Too many bodies. Rivers of blood. Elias Kote sees them all in his sleep. Only the love of his husband and daughter keeps him alive and fighting. This contract killer is exhausted and weighed down by all the lies he tells every day. Who he is. What he does...
  • Surrender by R. Phoenix, Adara Wolf

    Surrender by R. Phoenix, Adara Wolf

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    FoxWhen I was hired to kill Cristiano Fiore, I thought I'd get in, take the shot, and get out. I didn't count on the explosion. I didn't count on him rescuing me.I didn't count on him taking care of me, dominating me, and giving me the best sex of my life. I didn't expect the word "Daddy" to make me feel so safe. He's making it harder and harder for me to go back to my old life...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  bdsm  mafia  bad boys  queer  spanking  m-m  mystery
  • Demon by Joel Abernathy

    Demon by Joel Abernathy

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Falling in love with an obsessive serial killer was the last thing on my to-do list.I was born into a world of villains, so it came as no great surprise when my brothers fell for the most twisted monsters of all. A sociopathic fixer. A psycho sadistic cop whose name belongs in the dictionary next to corruption.Maybe I’m the one who’s crazy, thinking I could have any semblance of a normal life...
  • Dig Your Grave by Avril Ashton

    Dig Your Grave by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 26 ratings
    An unanswered phone call. An empty bed. And a loud clock ticking down the seconds before Daniel Nieto’s heart—the one he recently discovered he still possessed—gets broken again. His lover is gone. Taken by an unknown enemy, one who hasn’t yet realized that Daniel would willingly stride into hell to get his Diablo back...
  • White Rabbit, Part I by Cole McCade

    White Rabbit, Part I by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A tense standoff with Sila uncovers more than Seong-Jae ever wanted to know about the strings Sila's pulled in his past. The pain he's caused. The deaths he's responsible for.And he may be responsible for yet one more, as Sila uses his own life as a bargaining chip to keep Malcolm and Seong-Jae at bay...
  • Liar Liar - Part two: D'Arco Mafia Duet by Jaye Pratt

    Liar Liar - Part two: D'Arco Mafia Duet by Jaye Pratt

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    They didn’t come for me.I wanted Killian to be the one to take my life, but five months later, nothing.I’m still alive.They promised they would follow me to the ends of the earth if I left.They lied.Now, I have no choice but to go back and clear my name.I plan to walk in with my head held high and give them evidence that will force them into hearing me out...
  • Hook by Gianni Holmes

    Hook by Gianni Holmes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    KITDodging bullets and jumping from two story buildings are things I’d only ever seen in movies.Never would I have expected that this would become my life.I keep deadly secrets for the man I love.I’ll follow him across countries to have his back.Why am I willing to risk everything for him?Because of the look in his eyes when I purr for him.SULLYWorking with Kit is my greatest joy...
  • Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Hard partying trust fun baby Griffin Fiske wakes up after a hard night with a King's boots on his chest and gets an invitation he can't refuse...This Original Sinners short story takes place approximately six years before The Siren...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  contemporary  m-m  dark
  • Triangulation by Cole McCade

    Triangulation by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE Less than a day. Less than a day of peace, of calm, of comfort before the white rabbit returns to tear Malcolm and Seong-Jae's lives apart. An eerie video presents them with a deadly ultimatum, which leaves our intrepid pair racing to discover the identity of the latest victim — and desperate to protect their families from the threat hanging over their heads...
  • boys for sale 2 by Marc Finks

    boys for sale 2 by Marc Finks

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In this stunning conclusion to the tale first begun in Boys for Sale...Having escaped from Javier and The School House, Tavi is now on the run as he tries to survive on the streets...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  m-m  abuse  contemporary  dark  length-medium
  • The Sin Eater by Onley James

    The Sin Eater by Onley James

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Waylon Boone is no stranger to danger. As the headmaster of the Watch, an elite school hidden in the desert where the wealthy send their psychopathic children to become the perfect covert operatives, he's trained killers, spies, and manipulators...
  • Desire by Jenn Bullard

    Desire by Jenn Bullard

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My story is a complicated one because I’m the villain in my sister’s happily ever after.Time doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Instead, it twists what you know.I’m twenty-four years old and still considered a minor in Cinder’s kingdom...
  • His Lethal Desire by Leighton Greene

    His Lethal Desire by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    There’s nothing more lethal than a hitman in love.Johnny “Jack” Jacopo was once the Castellani Family’s top hitman, but one terrible mistake saw him kicked back down the ladder. So when the Boss orders him to look into the disappearance of a Hollywood starlet, Jack sees an opportunity to rise back up the Family ranks.His first move is to question the missing actress’s twin brother...
  • Save Me by Ariana Nash

    Save Me by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The third and final book in the outstanding mafia/priest MM Forgive Me series. Vitari Angelini knows selling a cache of Battaglia guns to a drug lord is not what Francis would call legal, but he’ll never find out. Besides, it’s for a good cause: Francis’s happy ever after...
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