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  • Twisted Lace by A.M. McCoy

    Twisted Lace by A.M. McCoy

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 60 ratings
    They call me Emo Barbie. And they’re not far off, though I consider myself a little more alternative than that. I just so happen to do everything in six-inch heels and blood-red lipstick. I like it when people stare. I like the attention. I’ve never been drawn to the meek or mild...
  • A Flight to Love by Frankie Fyre

    A Flight to Love by Frankie Fyre

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Two second chance tickets. One flight to love. Interior design CEO, Autumn Peterson is used to taking risks, but spending the holidays with an ex isn’t a risk she’s willing to take—especially during a work project back in her hometown. It’s Christmas time and Autumn is desperate to be far away from the festivities...
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  • Triple Sec by T.J. Alexander

    Triple Sec by T.J. Alexander

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 50 ratings
    A jaded bartender is wooed by a charmingly quirky couple in this fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom-com, set in the exclusive world of high-end cocktail bars. As a bartender at Terror & Virtue, a swanky New York City cocktail lounge known for its romantic atmosphere and Insta-worthy drinks, Mel has witnessed plenty of disastrous dates...
  • Greetings From Jamaica, Wish You Were Queer by Mari SanGiovanni

    Greetings From Jamaica, Wish You Were Queer by Mari SanGiovanni

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book by SanGiovanni,...
    Categorized as:
    queer  f-f  humor  m-m-m  contemporary  poly  length-short  audiobook
  • Baumgartner Box Set 1 by Selena Kitt

    Baumgartner Box Set 1 by Selena Kitt

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Babysitting the Baumgartners Ronnie―or as Mrs. Baumgartner insists on calling her, Veronica―has been babysitting for the Baumgartners since she was fifteen years old and has practically become another member of the family. Now a college freshman, Ronnie jumps at the chance to work on her tan in the Florida Keys with "Doc" and "Mrs. B" under the pretense of babysitting the kids...
    Categorized as:
    queer  bdsm  f-f  new adult  poly  humor  m-f-f  length-long
  • Santa Is A Sl*t by Drea Denae

    Santa Is A Sl*t by Drea Denae

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Blurb: It’s the most festive time of the year. Or it was, until a new boss takes over SantaScape. And he happens to be as annoying as he is sexy. I don’t know who Nico thinks he is, walking into the best job ever and trying to ruin everything he can...
    Categorized as:
    queer  christmas  m-f-m  f-f  humor  poly  length-novella
  • Kid by Jescie Hall

    Kid by Jescie Hall

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 39 ratings
    From author Jescie Hall comes this heart-wrenching tale of addiction and a transcendent love that fights despite adversity in this spin-off instant attraction romance.Addiction is my weakness.A cruel temptress that follows me wherever I go.Slowly dragging me down until I drown.Until she shows up.JohannaMy life preserver in this ocean of drugs and madness...
  • Oglaf Book One by Trudy Cooper, Doug Bayne

    Oglaf Book One by Trudy Cooper, Doug Bayne

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    Oglaf Book 1 collects the first 199 pages of comics from the website, including alt text and epilogues, in a festival of fantasy smut and madness. There's also bonus extras, never seen before and printed in internet-proof ink, including Ivan's 'doesn't count' kama sutra -- handy if you love somebody but still need to use them as unicorn bait...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  humor  m-m  magic  high fantasy  bdsm  f-f
  • Switch Heater by K.L. Moore

    Switch Heater by K.L. Moore

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 65 ratings
    Three years. Three years at the Omega Center, learning everything I need to learn, becoming the omega that they say we're supposed to be. You know what else they say? That we'll find our pack, our alphas, while here. There hasn't been an omega yet that's walked through those doors and not walked out ready to bond with their intended packs and alphas. The exception being me...
  • Too Tempting by Sarah Blue

    Too Tempting by Sarah Blue

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 60 ratings
    Getting over a traumatic breakup, Kelsey is ready to live her best life. Everyone knows that the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else. It was supposed to be a knot girl summer, experience all the pleasures of being an Omega before settling down.That’s what she tells herself, anyway. The summer is heating up and so is Kelsey's dating life...
  • Duplicity by Becca Fogg

    Duplicity by Becca Fogg

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Prepare for more action, more magic, and a whole lot more steam in Duplicity, the second book in the Duality Series! Duality is an 18+ fantasy romance reverse harem series. Our snarky heroine must come to terms with her elemental powers or be trampled in the war between good and evil...
  • Home of Consequence by Archibald Bradford

    Home of Consequence by Archibald Bradford

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Home of Consequence is the third book in a series that continues the tale of Nameless and his bond-mates as they return home and try to resume their lives while grappling with loss. All while knowing that a dark threat still looms. WARNING: This is a work of erotic fantasy, there is nudity, swearing, a fair bit of violence, and plenty of naughty sex between man (and woman) and monster girl/girls...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  harems  erotica  science fiction  monsters  f-f  magic
  • Glittering Feather by Merri Bright

    Glittering Feather by Merri Bright

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    How hard could angelic parenting be? I had no fudging idea .You’d think, with the best birches in the universe and four smoking hot angelic soulmates on my side, I could help raise one Celestial child without too much fuss...
  • Legacy of the Valkyrie by Archibald Bradford

    Legacy of the Valkyrie by Archibald Bradford

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Legacy of the Valkyrie is the second book in a series that continues the tale of Nameless and his bond-mates as they travel into the wilds in search of the mysterious Volka. WARNING: This is a work of erotic fantasy, there is nudity, swearing, a fair bit of violence, and plenty of naughty sex between man (and woman) and monster girl/girls...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  harems  erotica  magic  monsters  science fiction  f-f
  • Knot Her Reality by Miranda May

    Knot Her Reality by Miranda May

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 25 ratings
    Season three of Heated is starting out with a bang—public outcry, protests, and boycotts—all before we’ve even begun filming.I know you have to be wondering how a reality dating show could cause this kind of reaction. That would be because of me. My name’s Evangeline, and I'm this season’s omega...
    Categorized as:
    queer  bisexual  poly  omegaverse  fantasy  f-f  m-f-f  menage
  • Witch Unmade by Debbie Cassidy

    Witch Unmade by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sometimes you miss things that are staring you in the faceEverything has led to this. All the threads are finally coming together, and the pieces of the puzzle are slotting into place...
  • Storm by Eva Delaney

    Storm by Eva Delaney

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the creator of Sapphire and Juniper comes a brand new romance that you'll be embarrassed to read in public.You thought flying dildos were mad? Wait until you meet the men who throw their dicks around... literally! They'll give you new inspiration for your next naughty purchase.Meet Riley Storm, a raptor shifter biker chick and the local Bob-guard...
  • Demons & Daffodils by A.J. Merlin

    Demons & Daffodils by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I had a plan. Make a deal with the devil for more power, join a coven, get a boyfriend, and spend the next three hundred years making a name for myself while finding a way to free my eternal soul from servitude to Satan before I’m old.It wasn’t in my plan to die three weeks after my deal by having a helicopter dropped on me.Now I’m dead...
  • A Song of Saints and Swans by C. Rochelle

    A Song of Saints and Swans by C. Rochelle

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    According to legend, swans sing most beautifully before they die.As shifter royalty and the next in line to lead my clan, I believed I was invincible. Until my mother disappeared without a trace and I learned my entire existence was a lie.My fate was sealed when the last of my power was stolen by human men...
  • We Are Destiny by Alisha Williams

    We Are Destiny by Alisha Williams

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 72 ratings
    I’ve been in love with Ivy Sinclair since as long as I can remember. But she’s only ever seen me as her best friends little brother. When she came out as an Alpha, she took off to Calling Wood to start her new life and found her pack, leaving me behind to pine after her. When I came out as an Omega, my heart broke because the only Alpha I could ever want, was unavailable...
  • Always Running by Calliope Stewart

    Always Running by Calliope Stewart

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 39 ratings
    Is it finally time to stop running?Tibby Sinclair is the queen of messy beginnings. Raised for fourteen years in a religious cult before being tossed into the San Francisco Omega Academy, Tibby never had a chance. That didn't stop her though. She toughened up and became someone that would protect herself...
  • Belinda Blinked 1 by Rocky Flintstone

    Belinda Blinked 1 by Rocky Flintstone

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    This is an alternate-cover edition for B00UO7WOAS.Belinda Blumenthal gets exciting, sollicited sex regularly, so regularly in fact she makes big bonuses from it. Based in London UK, Belinda works for Steeles Pots and Pans as their world wide Sales Director. Sexually supported by Giselle and Bella her head office colleagues, Belinda always gets the order when it comes down to the bare facts...
  • Demon Princess Magical Chaos: The Tentacle Awakens by J.J. Pavlov

    Demon Princess Magical Chaos: The Tentacle Awakens by J.J. Pavlov

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Death and Reincarnation. Kuroe Makoto, the tomboyish ace of her high school track and field club, never spared a thought for these things before. However, when she falls asleep in her Tokyo home after an exhausting marathon and wakes up in a fantasy world, those concepts become her reality...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  harems  f-f  magic  demons  poly  high fantasy
  • Halloween for Six by Kelly Finley

    Halloween for Six by Kelly Finley

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    The “Queen of Spice,” author Kelly Finley, is bringing back THE SIX (HOLIDAY FOR SIX) in another holiday standalone romance featuring the popular hot and hilarious group of friends.And yes! More are coming to their poly party! Featuring MCs from MAKE HIM, SHAMELESS GAME & TEMPT HER. Three hot couples. Eleven naughty guests. One island of tricks & treats...
  • Cinder House by Freya Marske

    Cinder House by Freya Marske

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Sparks fly and lovers dance in this gorgeous, yearning Cinderella retelling from bestselling author Freya Marske―a queer Gothic romance perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and T. Kingfisher.Ella is a haunting.Murdered at sixteen, her ghost is furiously trapped in her father's house, invisible to everyone except her stepmother and stepsisters...
  • Shifters Anonymous by M.J. Marstens

    Shifters Anonymous by M.J. Marstens

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Who says you can't be smart and loose-legged?The University of Oxford—that's who.Meaning Jezebel Harper has a problem because the gorgeous American really wants to keep her scholarship.What's a sex addict to do?Join Sexaholics Anonymous, obviously—except, Belle doesn't read the fine print.S.A. means something completely different...
  • Pyramid Stunt by Alex La Bruyere

    Pyramid Stunt by Alex La Bruyere

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    On the first day at my new high school, I'm targeted by the queen bee and her boyfriend. They're a head cheerleader and quarterback stereotypical power couple and beloved by everyone. After two years I'm pretty used to spending my days fighting off their attacks. But then my mother marries the quarterback's father and I have a new stepbrother...
  • Tainted Souls by Alisha Williams

    Tainted Souls by Alisha Williams

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Zed is dead. I watched him die in my arms.But I refuse to let this be the end. My father has the power to bring him back. And if he refuses to, I’ll go into the pit of souls and get him out myself.I’m warned that if I do this, that he won’t be the same. That there's no guarantee that what I pull out of the pit will be my Zed.I’m too stricken with grief to care...
  • Mummy? Sorry. Mummy? Sorry. by Latrexa Nova

    Mummy? Sorry. Mummy? Sorry. by Latrexa Nova

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I never thought my mouth could bring an immortal to their knees, but this Halloween night I've got it under wraps.After accidentally defiling an ancient mummy, my fate hangs in the balance. The god of death, Anubis, arrives to unleash his punishment on me for my error.But I'm a glutton for punishment, and his strong and strict hand makes me wild with need...
  • Tainted Bonds by Alisha Williams

    Tainted Bonds by Alisha Williams

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    This can't be happening. Of all people, please don’t let it be him.Mean girls at school and assholes at home, I could handle. None of that mattered because I had two of the most amazing mates by my side.That is, until the universe decided to throw me for a twisted loop and fated me to my biggest tormentor...
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