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  • The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 2 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 2 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 45 ratings
    HIDDEN TRUTHS AND BURIED HEARTS The longer Mo Ran spends in his life reborn, the less he understands the man he once was, to say nothing of the teacher he so hated. As emperor of the mortal realm, Mo Ran loathed Chu Wanning with all his being, but the Chu Wanning of this life has sacrificed himself for his student's sake time and again...
  • The Trouble With Trying to Save an Assassin by Jennifer Cody

    The Trouble With Trying to Save an Assassin by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 36 ratings
    Romily:You know what I’d like to know? Where the hell my romantic, how-we-got-engaged story is. Am I going to get it any time soon? Where is my bigass diamond?Unfortunately, all that relationship angst gets put on hold when my beloved son, Bellamy, is abducted by a werewolf-ish person I kinda like. Am I going to get my kid back? You betcha...
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    mystery  suspense  queer  shapeshifters  humor  m-m  fae  fantasy
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  • Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin

    Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    In a thrilling alternate-universe Seattle, empaths are disappearing—and it’s up to grumpy Reece and his mysterious protector, Grayson, to investigate. Empath hunter Evan Grayson is the Dead Man, transformed by a dark past into a perfect weapon against corrupted empaths...
  • Accidental Bonds by Marie Reynard

    Accidental Bonds by Marie Reynard

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 36 ratings
    It was meant to be temporary. Fate had other ideas.Victor Mills would do anything to protect his pack, even work with magic he detests. When the wards safeguarding his territory start to deteriorate, he's forced to hire a local mage to fix them. He could tolerate the abrasive stench of sorcery, if only the mage didn't also smell like everything his wolf has ever wanted...
  • The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison

    The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Thara Celehar has lost his ability to speak with the dead. When that title of Witness for the Dead is gone, what defines him?While his title may be gone, his duties are not...
  • Melee Mage by Michael Taggart

    Melee Mage by Michael Taggart

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After getting punched in the face by a golem, Jason discovers he desperately needs two things: a much better offense and a much better defense. To a hammer, everything looks like a nail, and to a mage, everything is solved with magic. That is, unless your magic is small and restricted like Jason’s...
  • Wolf Outcasted by Avery Song

    Wolf Outcasted by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "You've completed your task, Willow, and it's time for the world to acknowledge that what was once rejected now deserves a new role. A position of power that no one will be able to steal from you."When the world proclaimed me an outcast, I fought against that role and destroyed everything — and everyone — that tried to belittle me...
  • Mr. Big Empty by Gregory Ashe

    Mr. Big Empty by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Vie Eliot arrives in the small town of Vehpese, Wyoming with little more than the clothes--and scars--on his back. Determined to make a new life for himself after escaping his abusive mother, he finds that living with his estranged father brings its own problems.Then Samantha Oates, the girl with blue hair, goes missing, and Vie might be the only one who can find her...
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    mystery  suspense  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  dark  abuse
  • The Dog in the Alley by K.M. Avery

    The Dog in the Alley by K.M. Avery

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 21 ratings
    Some days, an elf can’t get a break.I’m overworked, underpaid and underappreciated, and up to my lavender eyeballs in missing and murdered shifters. To make matters worse, I’ve acquired a dog.Sort of.He’s not actually a dog...
  • Cat's Chance in Hell by Meghan Maslow

    Cat's Chance in Hell by Meghan Maslow

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    When a feline fatale meets his magical match, Baltimore might just go up in flames.Carter Strike here. Siamese shifter extraordinaire, Tommy Tittoti’s right-hand cat . . . and the star of this book. Don’t let the author whatsherface tell you otherwise. That’s why its 113k. I’ve got A LOT to say.Terrible things are afoot in Charm City. Snark happens. Bad guys die. And I have a new favorite donut...
  • Wolf Domination by Avery Song

    Wolf Domination by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A paranormal mafia...
  • Hidden by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Hidden by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    An MM Mpreg Romance. Team: A.L.P.H.A.: Six battle-hardened alphas with one goal—to save any omega in peril Jonah McKiernan has a phobia of germs, dirt, and the government, so naturally his mate turned out to be an FBI agent who he found near death at the back of a shipping container under piles of filth...
  • I Will Make You Mine by Nicholas Bella

    I Will Make You Mine by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Dante: No one could have prepared me for who I saw captured in the arms of that hulking werewolf. It took everything I had not to go over there and rip that wolf's throat out for manhandling my best friend, Dominic. If I know my Father, Theoden, he'll want to make an example out of Dom. I'm going to try my best to make sure that doesn't happen...
  • Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford

    Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Paranormal investigator Wolf Kincaid knows what his foot tastes like. Mostly because he stuck it firmly in his mouth when his lover, Tristan Pryce, accidentally drugged him with a batch of psychotropic baklava. Needing to patch things up between them, Wolf drags Tristan to San Luis Obispo, hoping Tristan’s medium ability can help evict a troublesome spirit haunting an old farmhouse...
  • Lost & Found by Ariana Nash

    Lost & Found by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    What use is a blade without a war? After giving their lives to the Order, the Ashford assassins are in crisis. The battles are over, the war is no more, but assassins cannot retire from who they are. Trey knows this. He may not have been an Assassin of the Order for long, but it was long enough to leave him scarred...
  • House of Theoden: Season Two Complete Boxset by Nicholas Bella

    House of Theoden: Season Two Complete Boxset by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This book picks up where Chained in Darkness left off.Théoden is summoned by his sire, the vampire king, Ara, and must go to see what his king wants. In the meantime, he leaves his sons to have the night to themselves. And when the boys are free, they get up to all kinds of fun. As for Théoden, his sire makes a surprising announcement, one that doesn't sit well with some of his brothers...
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    shapeshifters  queer  bdsm  m-m  vampires  paranormal  dark  fantasy
  • Hidden by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Hidden by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    An MM Mpreg Romance. Team: A.L.P.H.A.:Six battle-hardened alphas with one goal—to save any omega in peril Jonah McKiernan has a phobia of germs, dirt, and the government, so naturally his mate turned out to be an FBI agent who he found near death at the back of a shipping container under piles of filth...
  • Night Treasures by Richard Amos

    Night Treasures by Richard Amos

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s no rest for the, erm… Well, for me.Or for Tae Frost.Chaos reigns supreme, everything turned upside down.The world is calling out for a hero.Can I rise to the challenge, or am I doomed to linger in the dark?I have to hold on to hope.For Tae.For Fizz.For the whole of my heart...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  magic  urban fantasy  fantasy  vampires  demons  m-m
  • Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben (Novel) Vol. 4 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, BOKI

    Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben (Novel) Vol. 4 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, BOKI

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    A TOXIC REMEDYHe Yu and Xie Qingcheng barely escape a harrowing life-or-death ordeal, but with Xie Qingcheng's darkest secrets now exposed, can they ever return to normal? Xie Qingcheng is determined to try, yet the revelations have given He Yu a new, profound understanding of his doctor—and of his own conflicted feelings...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  suspense  fantasy  m-m  dark  angst  paranormal
  • Opportunity: Kingdom of Ara: Episode Three by Nicholas Bella

    Opportunity: Kingdom of Ara: Episode Three by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Théoden: It seemed my gut instincts were spot on. I tried to prepare my House as best as I could considering the limitations I was facing. The River Rock Alpha was coming and things were about to get very serious, very soon. Blood was going to flow like a river and supes were going to die. I just didn't know who...
  • High Stakes and Soulmates by Alice Winters

    High Stakes and Soulmates by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    EzioOne would think that being over two hundred years old would at least give me some skill at wooing the man of my dreams, though oddly, I seem to be fumbling around more than wooing.But that’s alright, I will fumble my way right into Cyrus’s life if he lets me. After a rocky start, Cyrus is finally starting to open up to me as he realizes that vampires might not be all bad...
  • Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "NATO's Irregulars Affairs Division is a secret organization operating in thousands of cities around the globe. Its agents police relations between the earthly realm and those beyond this world, protecting us from terrible dangers as well as enthralling temptations...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  queer  contemporary  dark  vampires  demons  magic
  • Suspicion: Kingdom of Ara: Episode Two by Nicholas Bella

    Suspicion: Kingdom of Ara: Episode Two by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Théoden: I'm still trying to figure out who killed a vampire in my territory, and I'm still busy training my youngest son, however, the phone call I received must take precedence. The River Rock Alpha claims one of my vampires is responsible for the death of one of his wolves. It's a serious accusation and one I will not take lightly...
  • Stolen by Susi Hawke

    Stolen by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Team: A.L.P.H.A.:Six battle-hardened alphas with one goal—to save any omega in peril Cain McKiernan had been told his brother Jonah was dead, and he’d never believed it. But what else could he do? An unprotected omega kid on the streets was as good as dead… or worse. But even as an adult, Cain hasn’t been able to escape. Until Team A.L.P.H.A...
  • Sacrifices: Kingdom of Ara: Episode Four by Nicholas Bella

    Sacrifices: Kingdom of Ara: Episode Four by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Théoden: It looks as though I have everything I've wanted, well, I do, but I paid a high cost for it. The loss I've suffered will never happen again if I can help it. Right now, my sons are enjoying their night off from their duties. I think after what happened, a little fun and lots of sex is just what we need...
  • Keeping Them Unseen by Michele Notaro

    Keeping Them Unseen by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Chris~ I used to think vampires were extinct, but it turns out, they’re merely hiding. When my pack stayed with some vamps a while back, I couldn’t believe how prickly and rude they all were… all but one: Dregan. I met him and my wolf went crazy, wanting to be close, wanting to rub up on him, wanting to bite him. It makes no sense. Vampire blood and shifter blood don’t mix...
  • Night Tremors by Richard Amos

    Night Tremors by Richard Amos

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As soon as the universe offers you something good, it really likes to throw you a curveball. You know, for balance.Man, when were things going to calm down?Ha! Wishful thinking at its finest.After one of our many enemies makes a life-shattering move against us, Tae and I are running for our lives again. The witches are hot on our heels, adding to our myriad of problems...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  queer  fantasy  urban fantasy  magic  m-m  demons
  • Trial by Fire by Ariana Nash

    Trial by Fire by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The third book in the thrilling Shadows of London series.Action, MM romance and adventure combine on the streets of London. Time is running out for John "Dom" Domenici.It's not just Kempthorne's secrets bubbling to the surface of London's streets ..
  • Violent Demand by Ariana Nash

    Violent Demand by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Cast out and hunted by the Brotherhood, Octavius is on borrowed time. He has one chance to prove his innocence, one chance to put things right, before Mikalis hunts him down and executes him.He must find Saint.But the Brotherhood member-turned-nyk whom they all seem to fear, is unlikely to make it easy. Still, Octavius has nothing left to lose. He will recapture Saint, or die trying...
    Categorized as:
    queer  suspense  mystery  vampires  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  m-m-m
  • Lord of Ravens by Amelia Faulkner

    Lord of Ravens by Amelia Faulkner

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lover. Predator. Killer. Laurence Riley’s inheritance comes with a price - one he's not at all sure he can pay. When his urge to hunt grows out of control, he sends a desperate prayer to his ancestor for guidance. But he never expected that Herne the Hunter would answer. Scion. Target. Victim. There are horrors lurking in Quentin d’Arcy’s past, but they won’t hide there forever...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  fantasy  paranormal  urban fantasy  magic  abuse
  • Oathbreaker by Ava Marie Salinger

    Oathbreaker by Ava Marie Salinger

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the past comes calling, Cassius and Morgan have no option but to face the dire consequences of the choices they made before the Fall. With Cassius Black’s secret operations to save the world in the last five-hundred years finally revealed by the agencies that govern the otherworldly, his status as the most vilified Fallen on Earth changes almost overnight...
  • A Star So Dark and Peculiar by Cyan Crowe

    A Star So Dark and Peculiar by Cyan Crowe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s time to embrace the night and show the true might of the stars so bright…My name is Gage Odysseus Declan.You could say I’m a complicated man with uncomplicated needs. I’m Alpha Wolf for the City, charged with protecting my kind. I enjoy law and order, sexy times at Circus, and being left alone.Step too close, and I’ll cut you down...
  • Violets and Violence by M. Kato

    Violets and Violence by M. Kato

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Violet Killer—as nicknamed by the media because of the violets discovered alongside his victims—returns to Tōkyō’s streets.For homicide detective Hayashi Teruo, this case marks a haunting return to the scene of his first investigation as a rookie detective and his biggest failure...
  • The Skriker by D.K. Girl, Danielle K. Girl

    The Skriker by D.K. Girl, Danielle K. Girl

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Silas Mercer has faced wily boggarts, mad faerie queens and enraged forest spirits. But can he withstand a daemon who is losing his mind? Pitch and Sickle are left bruised, battered and reeling after their confrontation with the Verderer. They have learned a startling truth behind the arrowhead that wounded Silas, a truth that must be taken to the Lady Satine and the Order without delay...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  historical  demons  magic
  • Forever Midnight by Mia Monroe

    Forever Midnight by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    We are two souls torn apart by tragedy and brought back together by fate. Are we doomed to repeat history? Tru I’m a one man army intent on saving my family from certain ruin. I’m the only one who knows my sister’s terrible secret, and I intend to keep it that way. It’s just that I may be a little in over my head taking on the city’s worst gang...
  • Winter by Josh Lanyon

    Winter by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    First in a NEW series! Still grieving over the sudden death of his lover, antiques dealer Flynn Ambrose moves to the ramshackle old house on Pitch Pine Lane to catalog and sell the large inventory of arcane and oddball items that once filled his late uncle's mysterious museum. But not all the items are that easy to catalog. Or get rid of... ˃˃˃ The Haunted Heart series. Four seasons...
  • Retribution: Episode One of Season Four: The Kingdom of Ara by Nicholas Bella

    Retribution: Episode One of Season Four: The Kingdom of Ara by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Théoden: Tonight is the night I break through Dante's last wall. The one he's been trying to keep fortified as he struggles to resist the temptation of the life I'm offering him. I had planned to enjoy doing this. What I did not plan for, is to discover that a vampire in my city was murdered. I have my best on it and when I find out who crossed me, they will suffer a fate worse than death...
  • Stolen by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Stolen by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Team: A.L.P.H.A.:Six battle-hardened alphas with one goal—to save any omega in peril Cain McKiernan had been told his brother Jonah was dead, and he’d never believed it. But what else could he do? An unprotected omega kid on the streets was as good as dead… or worse. But even as an adult, Cain hasn’t been able to escape. Until Team A.L.P.H.A...
  • Love and War by Ariel Millar, E.M. Lindsey

    Love and War by Ariel Millar, E.M. Lindsey

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As an Alpha of the First War, the only thing I had ever known was battle.Captured, bound, and unable to see, I wasn't the sort of Alpha to give up without a fight. Escape turned out to be the easy part, but coping with everything else threatened to drop me to my knees...
  • Fluid by Jordan Castillo Price

    Fluid by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It's been a couple of decades since Wild Bill has been able to savor the bite of an ice-cold, freshly tapped keg. Twenty-odd years since the shivery pucker of a cheap, boxed wine has assaulted his palate. But that doesn't mean Bill's forgotten how to party...
  • Swarm by Jordan Castillo Price

    Swarm by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Enigmatic guys are hot. Michael is of the opinion, though, that Wild Bill manages to take it to an entirely new level. For some time, Michael has suspected that Bill has done more than just dabble in art. As with every other piece of his personal history, Bill plays his cards close to his chest...
  • Without a Trace by Ariana Nash

    Without a Trace by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The windswept Scottish Highlands.Everything has changed.With new names and new lives, Dom & Kempthorne should be living their happy ending, but it’s not over yet.Kage Mitchell knows they’re alive and he’s discovered the single most devastating secret Kempthorne has yet to tell Dom.There is no other option. Kage Mitchell must die.But he’s the least of Kempthorne’s concerns...
  • Stone Skin by Jenn Burke

    Stone Skin by Jenn Burke

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Can he break his curse before time runs out?Despite being cursed to sleep as a gargoyle for a hundred years, and awake for only twenty-five, Rian O'Reilly is an optimist. He knows he can find a way to break the curse through the tattooed runes he's spent years mastering. No need to wait for this true love crap. But he hasn't found the right combination of magic and his time is almost up...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  magic  fantasy  dark
  • Forever Bound by J.E. Cluney

    Forever Bound by J.E. Cluney

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A crazed warlock wants my power. A warlock who had a plan set in motion long ago. One that has shaped my life. A hidden power has been revealed, but things are going wonky in the spirit world, and time is running out.Maple Grove is now ground zero for this craziness, and shit’s about to get real...
  • A Night at the Theatre: Christmas Special by Ariana Nash

    A Night at the Theatre: Christmas Special by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    A night at the theatre with Alexander Kempthorne... what could possibly go wrong?When Kempthorne asks Dom to join him for a night at the theatre, Dom can hardly refuse. He's fought mad shadow witches, insane ex-partners, and a whole lot of twitchy artefacts. How hard can schmoozing rich people be?Of course, Kempthorne forgot to mention the King of England will be there...
  • The Stone God by Adrienne Wilder

    The Stone God by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Marud is a god of legend. He has destroyed empires, erased entire civilizations, crushed armies of millions. No man, woman, or child is safe from his wrath. No god or monster. He is an unstoppable force. A god who kneels to no one. At least until Jessie Collins became a part of his life This book is an "end for now". The timeline begins before book 6 and ends after book 8...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  bdsm  fantasy  paranormal  dark  abuse
  • The Bandalore by D.K. Girl, Danielle K. Girl

    The Bandalore by D.K. Girl, Danielle K. Girl

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    His second chance at life will be the bloody death of him.Silas Mercer is a dead man. Or at least...he was.Upon waking in his grave, he finds himself without a single memory of the life he once lived. Silas is bewildered and lost, and apparently, now in the employ of the mysterious Order of the Golden Dawn. A secretive organisation who specialise in all things supernatural...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  fantasy  historical  m-m  paranormal  magic  demons
  • Ghoulish by Kat Bellamy, Joel Abernathy

    Ghoulish by Kat Bellamy, Joel Abernathy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Older cover edition of ASIN B089VMTG3JColt Jager has always found his best friend mouthwatering, just...not the way he does now. Out of all the ways Colt thought he’d be spending his twenty-fifth birthday, sinking his teeth into a random stranger definitely wasn’t on the list. Neither was falling headfirst into a hidden world of superhuman beasts who claim he’s one of them...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  urban fantasy  dark  monsters
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