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  • Strength of the Rising Sun: The Borders War #5 by S.A. McAuley

    Strength of the Rising Sun: The Borders War #5 by S.A. McAuley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Merq’s always known there’s only one way Armise and he can end. The Opposition is losing—both the war and the fight for citizen support—and the Revolution’s victory appears certain. Despite that success, Merq knows his leaders won’t let two of their greatest assets simply walk away. But with Armise fighting for his life, getting out becomes Merq’s primary objective...
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    queer  m-m  military  dystopian  futuristic  length-medium
  • The Bacchi: A M/M, Genderfluid Science Fiction Romance by Belinda McBride

    The Bacchi: A M/M, Genderfluid Science Fiction Romance by Belinda McBride

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Bacchi Lefi Dhrahn lives a life of luxury and decadence, but is tortured by memories of a lost love. He survives the pain by surrounding himself with sex, beauty and all forms of self-indulgence. When he meets the alluring Inspector Afton Teris, Lefi believes the detective will make a very nice addition to his string of conquests.He doesn't count on falling in love...
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    fantasy  queer  m-m  aliens  futuristic  bdsm  incest  hurt-comfort
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  • Little Mushroom: Judgment Day by Shisi, 一十四洲

    Little Mushroom: Judgment Day by Shisi, 一十四洲

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 34 ratings
    "Until the day humanity falls."In the year 2020, Earth's magnetic poles disappeared and humankind was nearly wiped out by cosmic radiation. Within the span of a hundred years, living creatures began to mutate and devour each other while the remaining humans, numbering in the tens of thousands, struggled bitterly in their man-made bases...
  • Afterimage by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Afterimage by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    In the Company of Shadows is a series about two people who are thrown together as partners in a secret agency; their mission is to disband rebels who have propagated in a post-war future, but they have to deal with everything that comes with an unlikely partnership as well...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  queer  war  suspense  erotica  futuristic  abuse
  • 小蘑菇 by 一十四洲

    小蘑菇 by 一十四洲

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    An Zhe was a mushroom whose lifelong mission was to raise his own spore.One day, he lost his spore.He searched all over the world for a long time before finally seeing a familiar spore on the news.An Zhe desperately knocked on the door of a colonel in the human military.“Hello, Sir. Did your research turn out well? Can I have my son back after the research?”The colonel looked cold...
  • Tried & True by Charlie Cochet

    Tried & True by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 43 ratings
    When THIRDS agent Dexter J. Daley met Team Leader Sloane Brodie, he couldn’t have imagined how slamming into his new partner—literally—would shake both their worlds. Now four years later, they’ve faced dangers, fought battles both personal and professional… and fallen deeply in love. Now their big moment is finally in sight, and they’re ready to stand up together and make it official...
  • For Certain Values of Family by Manna Francis

    For Certain Values of Family by Manna Francis

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Every silver lining has a cloud. After the revolution, stability returns for most of the citizens of the European Administration. Revolution has delivered a little more freedom, if not as much as its architects hoped. Some, however, are finding that change also brings more complications and fresh dangers...
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    mystery  queer  m-m  bdsm  science fiction  dark  dystopian  futuristic
  • 1/27: An ICoS Anthology (In the Company of Shadows extras) by Santino Hassell, Ais

    1/27: An ICoS Anthology (In the Company of Shadows extras) by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    January 27, 2027 - One day around the world. Weeks after the last page of the In the Company of Shadows series, seven stories show glimpses of the lives of fifteen characters, scattered across the globe. In Ireland, an unexpected reunion takes a terrible turn. In Australia, the tides are changing while those involved never stop watching...
  • Gummy Bears & Grenades by Charlie Cochet

    Gummy Bears & Grenades by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 37 ratings
    A THIRDS Novella THIRDS agent Dexter J. Daley can’t wait to marry his fiancé, Team Leader Sloane Brodie, but first he’s looking forward to celebrating his bachelor party—which he intends to be a shenanigans-free evening of getting his groove on with family and friends. Of course events don’t work out as planned, but for Dex that’s nothing new...
  • Forget Me Not by Jordan Castillo Price

    Forget Me Not by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    No two people are exactly alike, but Elijah Crowe is very, very different. Elijah is on the autism spectrum, so the tasks of day-to-day life most people breeze through are a challenge for him. His career suffered because he never got the hang of schmoozing, and now his talents are being wasted teaching classes at the mall...
  • Demonic Disasters and Afterlife Adventures Collection 1 by Shannon Mae

    Demonic Disasters and Afterlife Adventures Collection 1 by Shannon Mae

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Demonic Disasters and Afterlife Adventures features human men learning to deal with troublesome angels, meddlesome grandmothers, or awful exes while finding love with the demons who are destined to be their soulmates...
  • Urijah by Faith Gibson

    Urijah by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Two Alpha Gargoyles… Urijah Aldobrand and Banyan Sorensen spend the first two hundred years of their lives together, first playing as boys, then fighting alongside each other as warriors. Urijah is searching for a female mate, denying what is in front of him his whole life. He sets off alone, in denial, leaving his best friend behind...
  • The Bewitchments of Love and Hate by Storm Constantine

    The Bewitchments of Love and Hate by Storm Constantine

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ‘Never speak his name, never!’ Cobweb warned. ‘Never whistle in the dark for it summons evil and he will hear it. In the treetops, the feathered ones will know. Watch them, Swift, watch the birds!’ That night I had a terrible dream. In the dream, the yellow-haired har was standing in a wreath of shadowy flames and his beauty was ugliness. He saw me and snared me in horror...
  • The Fulfilments of Fate and Desire by Storm Constantine

    The Fulfilments of Fate and Desire by Storm Constantine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    ‘If life is a battle, then my inner scars are medals for valour, for swiftness, for courage, for passion. Evil is the dark-haired sibling of Good; they walk hand in hand—always. And, by the way, whatever it sounds like, that is not an excuse.’ Calanthe, erstwhile companion of Tigron Pellaz, is on the run...
  • Sand and Ruin and Gold by Alexis Hall

    Sand and Ruin and Gold by Alexis Hall

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 14 ratings
    Once upon a time . . . that’s how the old stories always begin. Once upon a time there was a king of a fallen kingdom. He was just and he was beloved. Or so the numbers said. One day, he gathered together the greatest, wisest minds in all the land—not sorcerers, but scientists—and he bade them fashion him a son. A prince. A perfect prince to embody his father’s legacy...
  • Charmed by Nicholas Bella, Heidi Ryan

    Charmed by Nicholas Bella, Heidi Ryan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "Just when I think I'm getting a better understanding of what I am, something else comes by and knocks me on my ass." My morning started very eventful. A rendezvous with Adriel is more than a notion. He literally wore me out, but he also made me come to terms with a lot about myself I was still trying to deny. Truth is, I wanted Raphael-powerfully so...
  • The Soldier's Mate by C.W. Gray

    The Soldier's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome back to the Blue Solace: (Third Book in the series) Morgan Murray is an easy, fun-loving guy. He excels at being a soldier, but never wanted more out of life. Somehow, he ends up in a position of authority on Dru's new ship, the Blue Sparrow. Now he has to deal with what he dreads most. Responsibilities...
  • Chance by Nicholas Bella

    Chance by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Just when I thought I had enough on my plate... fate, or the cosmos or whatever, decides I'm not stressed enough and pours on another helping of what the hell!” My failure to prevent a particularly nasty demon from completing a ritual to open a portal may have doomed us all unless I can stop what came through. That, of course, is easier said than done...
  • Starfighter Chapter 3 by Hamlet Machine

    Starfighter Chapter 3 by Hamlet Machine

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Cain and Abel are transferred to the battleship Sleipnir for a critical mission, and the further they venture into enemy space, the deeper their relationship becomes. As Cain struggles to make a name for himself among his new shipmates, the Commanders assign Abel to a project that may give the Alliance a decisive advantage in the war against the Colterons...
  • Demons Don't Date by Hannah Walker

    Demons Don't Date by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Commander Bo’saverin Hevalis, head of the Cobalts, is trying to recover from the injuries he sustained in battle. The enforced downtime is giving him too much time to think, torture for a man of action. The trouble in their sector is weighing heavily on his mind as it seems to be getting ever closer to the demon homeworld...
  • Bell's Beloved by Hannah Walker

    Bell's Beloved by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bellan ‘Bell’ Nimeri loved Niko Dastria with all his heart. Knowing Niko was his lifemate from the moment he set eyes on him was bittersweet. Surrounded by unknown threats, becoming more than friends wasn't an option. Besides, he didn't think Niko had the same feelings as he did. What’s more, Niko would need to accept both sides of Bell’s shifter personality, as he and his darintha are a team...
  • Murmuration by T.J. Klune

    Murmuration by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the small mountain town of Amorea, it’s stretching toward autumn of 1954. The memories of a world at war are fading in the face of a prosperous future. Doors are left unlocked at night, and neighbors are always there to give each other a helping hand. The people here know certain things as fact: Amorea is the best little town there is. The only good Commie is a dead Commie...
  • The Englor Affair by J.L. Langley

    The Englor Affair by J.L. Langley

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    In hiding who he was, Payton found himself...and the man he would grow to love. After his brother is kidnapped, Prince Payton Townsend masquerades as an Admiral's assistant in order to track the culprits through the tangled mysteries of the planet Englor. He finds way more than he bargained for in the form of Marine Colonel Simon Hollister. Simon is no ordinary soldier...
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    mystery  fantasy  queer  contemporary  erotica  suspense  bdsm  royalty
  • Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora

    Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Nate is a Gem—a Genetically Engineered Medical Surrogate—created by Gathos City scientists as a cure for the elite from the fatal lung rot ravaging the population. As a child, Nate was smuggled out of the laboratory where he was held captive and into the Withers—a quarantined, lawless region...
  • More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

    More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 65 ratings
    Part Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, part Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Adam Silvera's extraordinary debut confronts race, class, and sexuality during one charged near-future summer in the Bronx. Sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto is struggling to find happiness after a family tragedy leaves him reeling...
  • Romancing the Werewolf by Gail Carriger

    Romancing the Werewolf by Gail Carriger

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Werewolf in trouble... Biffy, newly minted Alpha of the London Pack, is not having a good Christmas. His Beta abandoned him, his werewolves object to his curtain choices, and someone keeps leaving babies on his doorstep. Professor Randolph Lyall returns home to London after twenty years abroad, afraid of what he might find...
  • Stitch by Eli Easton, Jamie Fessenden

    Stitch by Eli Easton, Jamie Fessenden

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stitch is an anthology of 4 novellas by m/m romance authors, each with a Frankenstein/Creature theme. It is the first in a series of gothic m/m romance anthologies called gothika. The stories in this volume are: Made For Aaron by Sue Brown As a teenager, Aaron Fox was sent to an asylum by his parents because he was gay, leaving him emotionally fragile after the treatment...
  • The General's Mate by C.W. Gray

    The General's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Welcome back to the Blue Solace: (Sequel to "The Mercenary's Mate") Leti Ando and Will Hackett are certain about one thing in all the galaxy. They love one another. Now that they are mated, it's time to meet Hack's parents and settle into their new home. In a normal courtship, the two would spend time getting to know one another and reveling in their love. Normal isn't what they get...
  • The Finder by J.E. Lorin

    The Finder by J.E. Lorin

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    At the age of sixteen, August Goodson developed a strange and mysterious power overnight: he can find people. Victims of murder, suicide, kidnapping, accidents, and rape; August can find them all, usually dead, but sometimes still alive. Nine years later finds August volunteering his services to the police...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  queer  science fiction  m-m  futuristic  rape  abuse
  • Who We Truly Are by Victoria Sue

    Who We Truly Are by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Talon’s deadly abilities are spiraling out of control. Desperate to keep Finn safe, Talon struggles to protect the man he loves with all his heart and not become the greatest risk to Finn’s life. Finn has no choice but to offer himself as bait for the evil forces kidnapping enhanced children, facing danger he is untrained and unprepared for, and he will have to do it alone...
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