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  • The Necromancer's War by Sheena Jolie, S.J. Himes

    The Necromancer's War by Sheena Jolie, S.J. Himes

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    SJ Himes writing as Sheena Jolie brings the newest adventure in The Beacon Hill Sorcerer series...Angel Salvatore has been through one supernatural war, and it nearly took everything from him.Over a decade later, the High Council of Sorcery is coming for Angel and all he holds dear--his found family and friends, and the city he calls home...
  • Gathering Mage by Michael Taggart

    Gathering Mage by Michael Taggart

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jason is getting ready to have the adventure of his life!He and Sandy are heading to the Gathering, which is a conference where the Heads of the Households of the supernatural world network, talk about problems and solutions facing the Houses, and learn a few things.Jason is going just to support Sandy, and figures he’ll have a mildly interesting time and be home soon...
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  • Wolf of the Northern Star by S.J. Himes

    Wolf of the Northern Star by S.J. Himes

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Ghost, once known as the cub Luca, is finally home. Back among his kind and learning what it means to be both a man and a shaman, Ghost battles the expectations of his people, his family, and the pressures of a society that is both foreign and familiar...
  • Buried Mage by Michael Taggart

    Buried Mage by Michael Taggart

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Gathering only lasted for seven days, but it ended up being a lot more of an adventure than Jason had expected. Now it’s time to head home, and Jason is excited to sleep in his own bed and hang out with John, Tyler, and Annabeth again.Jason learned a lot, and he’s eager to put that knowledge to use...
  • His Realm by Mary Calmes

    His Realm by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    On their first meeting, Varic Maedoc, prince of the vampyrs, told Jason Thorpe that loving him was not for the faint of heart. He wasn’t kidding. In the past two years, Jason has been kidnapped, lived through several attempts on his life, and foiled a coup. Now, his new life as the prince’s consort and adviser to the king is made even harder by Varic’s prolonged absence...
  • Raiden by Taylor Rylan

    Raiden by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Can a sweet omega wolf tame the beast of a gargoyle? Will he accept all that his mate has to offer and need? Raiden Mason is the serious twin. He’s gone through life watching and observing, and when his ability is needed by the council, he is only too happy to do his duty...
  • Atticus by Taylor Rylan

    Atticus by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Hellhounds don’t have mates. But after a decade of denying his attraction to Brice, Atticus realizes the lion shifter is just that: his fated mate.Atticus was banished from the demon realm well over a century ago when he could no longer do his master’s bidding. He had been many places but truly felt at home when he found Honey Creek...
  • Tide of Tricks by Ariana Nash

    Tide of Tricks by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A darkness runs deep beneath London ...Reeling from recent revelations and forced to lie for Kempthorne, the unthinkable happens: Dom fails the latent competency test. One more strike and he’ll be deemed unstable, have his registration stripped, and the life he's come to love at Kempthorne & Co will be over.If that weren't bad enough, someone is stalking him, taunting him...
  • Storm Warrior by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Storm Warrior by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hale AndersonThe Air Weaver.He was the freaking Air Weaver. Not exactly what he expected when he got kidnapped by the pestilents, but Hale’s good rolling with the punches.He can take a little time away from his pursuit of a doctorate in astrophysics to save the world.Except that the final spell is poised to kill all the Weavers and their last hope lies with him finding his soul mate...
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    magic  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  urban fantasy
  • The Elemental Ruins by Sam Burns

    The Elemental Ruins by Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What do you do the day after the world doesn’t end?If you’re River Keyes (yeah, me), you try to figure out how you’re going to live without the internet. Because we might have kept two worlds from being destroyed, but now I’m trapped in a place with no electricity, no takeout, and no phoning home...
    Categorized as:
    magic  suspense  shapeshifters  queer  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  fae
  • Next to Nothing by Macy Blake

    Next to Nothing by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A Gay Paranormal Harem Romance What do you get when you mix a dragon, a vampire, a griffin, a mage, and a human? Sawyer Smith’s life sounds like a punchline, but the mates he’s come to love are no joke. They’re fierce and wonderful, protecting him from the outside forces trying to destroy him...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  magic  fated-mates  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  fae
  • Cam's Chance by Lisa Oliver

    Cam's Chance by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Arrowtown Book 5 Can be read as a standalone Camden "Cam" Stone had a long past and a hard life. For the past ten years he'd kept up the facade of a businessman, running the only bar in Arrowtown. The hours were long, but the people were friendly and if he didn't share much about himself, no one seemed to care...
  • Two Thousand Dreams by Jocelynn Drake

    Two Thousand Dreams by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Blood Witch Has Changed Everything.Chen traveled to the US with his clan, hoping to rescue his kidnapped brother from the fae.They just need a witch to find the exact location of where the door between the human world and the fae world will open.The one thing Moon can’t do.Chen grabbed the wrong type of witch...
  • Arbor Falls: The Complete Series by Maya Nicole

    Arbor Falls: The Complete Series by Maya Nicole

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The Complete Series omnibus contains Wolf Forgotten, Wolf Forsaken, Wolf Forged, Wolf Forever .My world shattered the day my parents didn’t show up to my graduation.Grieving and lost, I discover my adoption certificate hidden in a drawer, unearthing a secret no one wanted me to know. Needing answers, I move to Arbor Falls to find out who abandoned me over two decades ago...
  • Taking Care of Business by Lisa Oliver

    Taking Care of Business by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Necromancer’s Smile: Taking Care of Business Book three. (Please note, this is a trilogy covering the same main characters throughout. Reading books one and two is best before reading this one). When Sy learned that Connor, the young familiar who’d been staying with him, had been captured, he knew immediately that he could find him...
  • Someone to Hold Me by Lisa Oliver

    Someone to Hold Me by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Someone to Hold Me. The Gods Made Me Do It #6 (Can be read as a standalone) Hades, Lord of the Underworld, has spent years searching the world for his Fated Mate. He's watched his brother and nephews find their "light" and yet he can't find his. On the verge of giving up hope, Hades attends his brother Poseidon's wedding; so outside his comfort zone, but his discomfort proves worth it...
  • Soar by A.J. Sherwood, Jocelynn Drake

    Soar by A.J. Sherwood, Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Salem’s guide to making a dragon break up with him:Step 1: Don’t sleep with him. (No, seriously, don’t.) And definitely don’t let him into your apartment, he won’t leave.Step 2: Deny being mates and don’t fall in love with him.…Step one and two failed. Gregori is too stubborn and irresistable.Salem is currently taking suggestions that don’t involve giving in to his feelings...
  • Och, Ness! by Eryn Hawk

    Och, Ness! by Eryn Hawk

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Grayson Cole is stuck: stuck with writer’s block, stuck with no love life, and stuck in a place he no longer feels is home. In an effort to free himself—and discover the mysterious reason he’s so drawn to his mother’s hometown—Gray travels to Scotland, hoping that the wild, beautiful scenery will relight his lost spark...
  • Envy: Wolves of Resurrection Road by Kiki Burrelli

    Envy: Wolves of Resurrection Road by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Savage. Charming. Alpha.Camel always gets what he wants. Except now, the one thing he wants is the one thing he can’t have. His first pack taught him that anything could be taken away if he wasn’t willing to fight for it...
  • The Enchanter's New Kids: A Seb & Ailin Story by Michele Notaro

    The Enchanter's New Kids: A Seb & Ailin Story by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when an enchanter and a witch adopt a few kids?I’ll tell you what: chaos… chaos and absolute mayhem. I finally got my way, I finally convinced my viramore—my soulmate—to adopt with me, but I have to admit that it isn’t exactly going as planned...
  • Jorah by Michele Notaro

    Jorah by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Will Jorah have a chance to fall in love with the person his soul is longing for, or will the horrors of the world keep them apart? When I was fourteen, I was sucked through a portal to another realm—the land of the fae—and forced to live there for three years. Crazy, right? Welcome to my world...
  • Shifting Winter by Minerva Howe

    Shifting Winter by Minerva Howe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    John Leahy had no idea how he became a werewolf, but there's one thing he does know. He's struggling with everything from fitting into the wolf community up in the high mountains of Utah to controlling his shifting. John wants to fit in, to find a home, but most of all, he wants to impress pack co-leader Keegan...
  • Nox by Stella Rainbow

    Nox by Stella Rainbow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The fearless Keeper of the Chasm. An ex-warlock recovering from death. An evil rising from the flames.NoxWhen my idea of sneaking into the Burning Chasm for a recon mission was shot down by everyone, including the King of Otherworld, I probably should've listened...
  • Two Thousand Shadows by Jocelynn Drake

    Two Thousand Shadows by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    That cat is a liar!The “stray cat” Junjie has been feeding and cuddling for months is actually an extremely rare cat shifter.Of course, Leo would have preferred to continue their arrangement of Junjie feeding him choice bits of fish and rubbing his belly, but he needs Junjie’s help and that means revealing his secret...
  • A Heart To Revitalize Me by Michele Notaro

    A Heart To Revitalize Me by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Lately my straight best friend has been very… handsy, which is killing me because I’ve been in love with the idiot for years.I love my best friend, I always have, but I never wanted him to realize just how much. He’s never seemed to notice before, but since he broke up with his girlfriend, he’s been really clingy. Like way more than I’ve ever seen.I love it. And it’s killing me...
  • Sloth and other Delights by T.J. Nichols

    Sloth and other Delights by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Negotiations with the LA vampires have failed.Having survived the attempted razing of their enclave by the dragons, the vampires are now holding Jordan’s sister hostage and are demanding a unicorn for her safe return. There’s only one problem.Unicorns aren’t animals. They are wild magic best left alone.Jordan holds the media responsible for Katie’s capture...
  • Wrath and other Troubles by T.J. Nichols

    Wrath and other Troubles by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The fallout of unicorn magic brings Jordan and Edra closer together.For Edra, the strengthened bond between them is exhilarating and terrifying, and everything he believed he’d never have again. But Jordan is struggling with defining what is him and what is Edra when he barely knows himself...
  • Ghost Walker by Mary Rundle

    Ghost Walker by Mary Rundle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Blackwood Pack saga continues…This is part of an on-going series by Amazon Bestselling Author, Mary Rundle, and catching up on previous titles is advised. Readers of the past books will enjoy meeting old friends once more as the pack does what it does best ̶ caring for one another and helping shifters everywhere...
  • The Enchanter's Heart by Michele Notaro

    The Enchanter's Heart by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The long-lost magic brings doom… We’ve been living in the shadow of the enchanter prophecy since my magic was released, and it seems that the darkness is finally closing in. There’s chaos everywhere; Brinnswick has become a war zone. The human and magical communities are doing everything in their power to save us, but it isn’t enough...
  • Shadow Voice by Mary Rundle

    Shadow Voice by Mary Rundle

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Blackwood Pack saga continues… This is part of an on-going series and reading the previous titles is advised. Readers of the past books will enjoy meeting old friends once more as the pack does what it does best ̶ caring for each other...
  • Ambrosius by Taylor Rylan

    Ambrosius by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    When you’re the created vampire, and discover your fated mate is a dominant dragon alpha, what could go wrong?Master Ambrosius was created over a millennium ago and had come to terms with spending his life alone. He has his coven, his second, and a few close friends, but he continues to be haunted by the memory of his fated mate running from him in terror...
  • Balthazar: Warlocks of Amherst Book Two by Taylor Rylan, Jay Aheer

    Balthazar: Warlocks of Amherst Book Two by Taylor Rylan, Jay Aheer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Even broken warlocks have a One, right?Balthazar knows he shouldn’t feel guilty for wanting what his friend has: a One and child. He adores their little boy and is happy to be an honorary uncle, but he wants his own. Amherst Coven has been blessed with fated mates recently, and Balthazar yearns to be the next to find his match.Grant is a warlock without powers, and he was okay with that...
  • The Enchanter's Soul by Michele Notaro

    The Enchanter's Soul by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Many fall as the last enchanter rises… The first line of the ancient prophecy keeps playing over and over in my head, but I’m afraid to remember the rest. I don’t want to think about what’s coming for us—what’s coming for him. I’ve been keeping Brinnswick safe for years; I’ve been keeping my coven safe my whole life; and now I was responsible for keeping Sebastian safe, too...
  • Fables Retold by Rhys Lawless, Sam Burns

    Fables Retold by Rhys Lawless, Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tales as old as time…reimagined. What if your favorite fairy tales…kicked some serious, urban fantasy ass? Fueled by magic, steam, and scorching men, this MM romance anthology has just the thrill you’re looking for.6 paranormal and urban fantasy authors.6 fairy tales retold in modern day.6 gorgeous couples to fall in love with. Over 1,200 pages.A limited edition anthology you don’t want to miss...
  • Connor by Taylor Rylan

    Connor by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When you’re a fae born in the shifter realm, the last thing you expect is to discover your mate is fae, sent from the fae realm just for you. Connor Romano loves his family. Born to a vampire father and a fae mother, he’s spent his entire life witnessing firsthand the level his father would go to protect his mother, him, and their fae sister...
  • Comet by Abigail Kade

    Comet by Abigail Kade

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A himbo reindeer went hiking…It came upon a midnight clear that Santa told me in no uncertain terms I had to take a vacation this year. The thought of laying around on some beach doing nothing was my idea of hell, so hiking the Appalachian Trail was my plan. Everything was great until a near-sighted barn owl sent me careening down the side of a mountain in a snowstorm...
  • Cthulhu for Christmas by Meghan Maslow

    Cthulhu for Christmas by Meghan Maslow

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Six accidental tentacles, five naked neighbors, four evil mages, three ugly sweaters, two dead bodies, and one crush on my straight best friend ...Some things are simple fact: Santa Claus isn't real and magic doesn’t exist. As a former foster kid turned cop, I know this for a fact. My life is anything but magical and Santa sure as hell never visited me as a kid...
  • The Dratsie Dilemma by G.L. Carriger

    The Dratsie Dilemma by G.L. Carriger

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A heartwarming urban fantasy from New York Times best selling author Gail Carriger about redemption, destiny, and the enduring strength of found family (and caffeine). Once upon a time, Trick went up against the sea and lost. Badly. Or so he thought.What the sea decides to keep, it keeps forever. Trick is a dratsie shifter, a river otter...
  • Vanity and other Monsters by T.J. Nichols

    Vanity and other Monsters by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    All the lines of fate have been pulling Edra Tendric to LA. It is the last place he wants to go, leaving his mate Inspector Jordan Kells in San Francisco to deal with a fractured mytho population and an increasingly tense political situation. Someone wanted Edra removed as Mytho Liaison, and they got their way...
  • Gluttony and other Hungers by T.J. Nichols

    Gluttony and other Hungers by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Jordan and Edra aren’t the only ones thinking about their wedding, and some people don’t want it to happen. The destruction of several Mythological Services buildings around the country has revealed there are still people who view the mythological refugees as something less than human, despite the law now recognizing them as equal...
  • Phoenix King by T.J. Nichols

    Phoenix King by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Kill the King of Mont de Leucoy, and his siblings will be released.It should be an easy job for Malcolm Forrest. He’s ex-army, and hiking through snow doesn’t bother him because he’s a snow leopard shifter. He enters the country on four feet, his plan not formed beyond reaching the castle and getting eyes on the king...
  • Psync 2 by Zile Elliven

    Psync 2 by Zile Elliven

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everything was finally going Eli’s way.Anxiety? Tolerable.Being a creep magnet? Sorted.Soulmate? Acquired.Vengeful god hellbent on ruining their lives? …Okay, so maybe Eli hadn’t solved that one yet.He shouldn’t have been surprised when Helios finally made his play, but now Eli has more problems in his lap than he ever thought he could manage...
  • Letters to Aleksanta by Jessamyn Kingley

    Letters to Aleksanta by Jessamyn Kingley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There are presents to wrap, cookies to decorate, and a tree to trim! The Draconis High Court of D’Vaire is about to have their largest holiday celebration, and as they prepare for their first-ever Secret Santa, much to Aleksander’s surprise, he’s given the role of Santa himself...
  • Seer by Bix Barrow

    Seer by Bix Barrow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Paranormal creatures are dying. A psychic computer geek and a mysterious pet resort owner join forces to track down the supernatural murderer. Killer attraction has never felt so dangerous.I’ve had visions since I was 13 years old. Minor stuff on the whole, usually nothing to get excited about...
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    magic  shapeshifters  queer  fated-mates  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  fae
  • No Surrender: Badlands Book 5 - A MM Psychic Detective Romance Adventure by Morgan Brice

    No Surrender: Badlands Book 5 - A MM Psychic Detective Romance Adventure by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Cold cases, hot leads, a psychic psychopath, a copycat killer, cursed objects, the trial of the century--and wedding plans.Psychic medium Simon Kincaide and sexy homicide detective Vic D'Amato met hunting a supernatural serial killer. Since then, Simon has become a police consultant on cases involving the paranormal, and Vic has gotten over his doubts about Simon's abilities being real...
  • Mr. Monster Kok by Jennifer Cody

    Mr. Monster Kok by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found hereWillam:Listening to my sister screeching might be the highlight of my day, because watching the new neighbor piss her off is a joy and a delight. At least until the stupid fox inside me wants to claim the man as my mate. No way, no how—I'm way too much of a misanthrope to have a fated mate...
  • Nephilim the Awakening by Elizabeth Blackthorne

    Nephilim the Awakening by Elizabeth Blackthorne

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    *Jetzt eine vollständige Serie* Als ich meinem Ex sagte, er solle zur Hölle fahren, woher hätte ich wissen sollen, dass er tatsächlich von dort kommt?Jetzt ist er zurück in meinem Leben, und die Anziehung zwischen uns ist so überwältigend wie eh und je...
  • Cold Light of Day by Charlie Cochet

    Cold Light of Day by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Reaper. Fang. Caine…An alias for each life lived.Government operative turned assassin, Wolf, had lived in the shadows until a secret cabal forced him into the light. The last thing Wolf needed was a confrontation with what—and who—he’d left behind. Now there’s no going back.Agent. Torturer. Killer…An identity fueled by pain...
  • Gloombringer by Sam Burns

    Gloombringer by Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For decades, the four families who rule the Summerlands have been locked at an impasse. No one is fighting, but neither has anyone been speaking.We don’t have time for that anymore.Mount Slate, the volcano that sits in the middle of the Summerlands, is threatening to erupt, and only the four family heads working together can avert disaster...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  urban fantasy
  • An Enemy Dragon by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven

    An Enemy Dragon by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Dragons are scum. I know this. So why does this one make me feel so good? I know I should be proud to be a Templar. My daddy was one, and my granddaddy, too. And I am proud, don’t get me wrong. Of course I want to be part of ridding the earth of dragons before they can hurt anyone else. It’s just that the money doesn’t hurt, either...
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