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  • Forged by Malice by Elizabeth Helen

    Forged by Malice by Elizabeth Helen

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 89 ratings
    I’ve found a new home and fallen in love with four cursed fae princes. But everything could be taken from me in an instant. If I’m to save the Enchanted Vale and the High Princes, this rose is going to need to grow thorns. Being a part of the fae is wonderful...
  • Dylan St. James: Omega Concealed by Elizabeth Dear

    Dylan St. James: Omega Concealed by Elizabeth Dear

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 47 ratings
    Packs are pain and bonds are fucking shackles.With the government issuing omega females to Alpha packs like we’re social security checks, I cling to my freedom thanks to a black-market suppressant hookup and a lethal family that’s ready to execute any Alpha who tries to force a bond.By day, I work in the family hardware store...
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  • Knot All Is Ruined Part 1 by Elizabeth Knight

    Knot All Is Ruined Part 1 by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    They told us we’d be helping our country.That we’d be preventing war.It was all one big fat lie and we believed it—until it was too late.Waking up on a bus headed for a war-torn country was just the beginning of the nightmare I couldn’t wake up from. They’d told us during our time in the Omega Care Center there was a chance we might be sent to another country if we didn’t find a pack...
  • Last Man Standing by Augustus Roth, Daniel May

    Last Man Standing by Augustus Roth, Daniel May

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 7 ratings
    “You know, if anybody was going to give death the middle finger, I would have thought it would be him.” Ezekiel 'Kel' Warbis is the last of them - the only one left after his two best friends (and childhood sweethearts) died tragically and gruesomely young.Over a decade later, their loss is still a fresh wound...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  paranormal  m-m  dark  m-m-m  contemporary  mystery
  • Shadow Men by Adira August

    Shadow Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A 72k word novel, the seventh in the Hunt&Cam4Ever BDSM-MYSTERY series. This is the book the author calls "The hardest book I ever wrote."AN ASTONISHING TWIST IN THE EPIC LOVE STORY~ A HIGH SEAS DEATH ON A BILLIONAIRE'S YACHT"No matter how hard you fight the darknessevery light casts a shadow;The closer you get to the lightthe darker that shadow becomes...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  bdsm  m-m  mystery  dark  contemporary  angst
  • Devourer of Men by Nikki St. Crowe

    Devourer of Men by Nikki St. Crowe

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 50 ratings
    I have few friends and fewer allies. What I do have on the island of Everland is a lot of people who want me gone. So when the Crocodile and Captain Hook reappear in my life, I am in no mood. And worse, they’re unknowingly endangering themselves by asking for me by a name I long considered dead...
  • Zenith by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Zenith by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A killer haunts Prophet, and this time it’s personalThe discovery of a body at Thompson Cabins sets off a chain of events that hits too close to home for Sheriff Gabriel Thompson. When his brother Sam becomes a prime suspect in the murder investigation, Gabriel is forced to keep secrets from Tiber and call in outside help as he fights to prove Sam’s innocence...
  • Shadows in Bloom: A Dark Romance Anthology by Lola Malone, Jessie Walker

    Shadows in Bloom: A Dark Romance Anthology by Lola Malone, Jessie Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Long summer nights, the rustle of leaves and flowers in full bloom.It’s the perfect time of the year to live life the fullest, plan for tomorrow and forget about yesterday. But what happens when the shadows come out to play?After all…you won’t see it coming until it hits you in the Shadows in Bloom...
  • Sleepwalkers by Daniel May

    Sleepwalkers by Daniel May

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    My immortal ex was the last person I wanted to be stuck in a coffin with, and yet here we were.Broken up for over a century, I stayed in touch with Bonifacio out of necessity only. An amoral horndog and possessive leech, Bonifacio was toxic beyond words, but there was no one better at eradicating vampire hunters. I needed him...
  • Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The tranquility of Prophet is shattered when a local trail rider is killed and whispers of wolf packs and murder spread like wildfire.Three months after the murder of Mike Bressett, the sleepy town of Prophet faces another tragedy—the death of Billy Odette, a well-liked Makah man who ran trail rides for the tourists...
  • The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Secrets lie within the walls of Redwood Manor.The murders, alleged curse, and ghost stories have fascinated Carter ever since he moved to Ivy Grove. After attending a Halloween ball at the mansion and meeting a man almost too beautiful to be real, Carter is captivated even more.But the man disappears after that, leaving Carter with nothing but the memory of a kiss...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  mystery  contemporary  dark
  • You Will Crave Me by Nicholas Bella

    You Will Crave Me by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dominic: I've been dreading this moment all month, the full moon. I've prayed that what everyone is saying isn't true. I don't want to turn, I don't want to feel that pain. Furthermore, I don't want to be drawn deeper into Dante's world... at least, that's what I want to believe is my desire. Truth is, the more I feed, the more I find myself enjoying this dark gift Dante has given me...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  monsters  queer  bdsm  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  vampires
  • Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Hot chocolate, snowflakes, jingling bells, and… monsters?That’s what Christmas has in store for you this year!Add a little spice to your holiday festivities by diving into this collection of monster-loving heroines who find love in the most unusual of places.Featuring new, original stories by:Harpie Alexa - USA Today Best Selling AuthorCassia BriarCara BryantRachel CallahanJ.E...
  • Solstice by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Solstice by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    From the dramatic peaks of the Olympic mountain range to the small town of Prophet, murder is only a footstep away. Gabriel is a former undercover cop haunted by the things he’s seen and done. He returns to his small hometown of Prophet, taking on the role of sheriff, hoping to mend his fractured relationship with his estranged brother and rebuild his life...
  • His by Daniel May

    His by Daniel May

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Lucas Russo was never a child. He was raised like a soldier, trained like a dog to hunt down his master’s enemies.Shane Case was barely a man. Unraveled by grief, he kidnapped two children to follow in his footsteps, to shape in his image and continue his mission of vengeance.Lucas never forgave Shane, because forgiveness is something reserved for the living. So is hate...
  • Missiletoe by Zile Elliven

    Missiletoe by Zile Elliven

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***Like all the books in the Really Gay Villain Christmas Series, this can be read as a standalone story. Someone is going to lose a toe.Smart as a whip with the morals of an alleycat. I’ve heard it a million times.But will my smarts be enough to catch the heart of the local animal shelter director?He’s pretty.And kind.And caring...
  • Rule Four and Five by Adrienne Wilder

    Rule Four and Five by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is book two of three. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  contemporary  dark  abuse  paranormal  m-m  fantasy
  • Malum Discordiae by Ashlyn Drewek

    Malum Discordiae by Ashlyn Drewek

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 61 ratings
    Like all Necromancers, Cassius Corbin grew up knowing one irrevocable truth: death comes for us all. It was a lesson he learned well when his mother was murdered by fellow witches. Six years later, he is back in the town of Winslow, Massachusetts to attend Tennebrose University. But that's not the only reason...
  • Beyond by Katie May

    Beyond by Katie May

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    There's one place scarier than hell.And we're in it.There's a series of tunnels beneath the school that we must travel through in order to escape Tory's School for the Troubled.But the world on the other side? It's a land of nightmares and monsters. A place where your worst fears come to life. A world of darkness and pain and suffering...
  • Beneath by Katie May

    Beneath by Katie May

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    But you can't break a dead girl.Revelation after revelation has left me wheeling. The truth about what we are—and what we need to do to escape—is almost too much for me to handle.With only four circles left to complete, our group is more determined than ever to escape this hellhole we've found ourselves in...
  • Bonded by Thorns by Elizabeth Helen

    Bonded by Thorns by Elizabeth Helen

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 204 ratings
    Four beastly princes. One awkward bookworm. An enchanted world of fae, magic, and danger.I’ve always loved fairytales. I never imagined I'd actually be in one.When my father wanders into the enchanted realm of the fae, I know I have to go after him. And when he gets imprisoned, I'll do anything to save him... Even trade my freedom for his...
  • Lust by Devon McCormack

    Lust by Devon McCormack

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    OFFICIAL COVER AND BLURB COMING SOON...  Surrender to the lust.  LUKEI never believed in magic until Brad Henning cast a spell on me.Now my lust for him is all-consuming.Only his touch can offer relief from the searing pain I endure when I'm without it.I don't understand why, but whatever he's done to me is painful for him too...
  • Liberation by Stella Rainbow

    Liberation by Stella Rainbow

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    A wyvern who doesn't trust humans. A human who implicitly trusts him. AmellI knew what monsters looked like, because I'd been raised by one, afraid and unable to get away because he was the strongest thing I knew. Until the day our village was attacked by a mythical beast and it almost made the monster wet himself...
  • One Thousand & One Lies by Yumoyori Wilson

    One Thousand & One Lies by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lies. Words of deception that assist in manipulating a person, group, lover, or foe. With each lie that leaves our lips, a plot morphs into a quick exchange, and the end result? Death. Some call us Reapers of Beauty. Others think we assist the Angel of Death. Assassins? Murders? The list of what we term ourselves are endless. To us, this life is nothing but a job...
  • Crossing Acheron by H.G. Birde

    Crossing Acheron by H.G. Birde

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Malachy Donovan was born human. But after waking up in a pool of his own blood, he knew that fact, which once felt so certain, had been changed forever.After being freed from imprisonment by Acheron and his elite unit of bodyguards, Malachy quickly learns the truth of his condition: he is a dhampir, a rare and powerful creature born half-human, half-vampire...
  • Unnatural Fate by J.R. Gray

    Unnatural Fate by J.R. Gray

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    My soul mate is my natural enemy.Or close enough.He’s a vampire and I’m a wolf.Our kinds are at war. A centuries old blood war.I can’t stay away from him. I hate him, but I want him.Our love is a standoff. For every inch I take, he pushes a mile.The world is against us. But I’m so tired of fighting the ties between us.For every wolf that dies at the hands of a vampire, I feel more guilty...
  • Cold by Wendy Rathbone

    Cold by Wendy Rathbone

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Cold and Avani find comfort and compatibility with one another until the Beta Council decides a mistake was made in placing them together. Torn apart by a secret scandal, the two must convince beta authorities they have already formed an unbreakable bond...
  • Shadows Fall by J.K. Hogan

    Shadows Fall by J.K. Hogan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For him, the whole world is a graveyard...A gift—or curse—gives Titus McGinty the unwanted ability to talk to ghosts. When he starts seeing the same few apparitions repeatedly, appearing with similar gruesome injuries, he begins to wonder what they want from him.Detective Charlie Hale has a serial killer on his hands...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  m-m  paranormal  mystery  contemporary  fantasy  magic
  • Her Every Move by Becca Saylor

    Her Every Move by Becca Saylor

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A succubus romance (succubus: "her every" series book...
  • Just Not You by Lyn Forester

    Just Not You by Lyn Forester

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Taro Yoshida has dedicated his life to helping others with their problems, while hiding from his own. Love’s not something he wants, let alone a mate. To avoid emotional attachments, he has three rules for his lovers. No one who he works with. No one who works at his favorite bar. No one who lives in his apartment complex...
  • Blaze by Cara Clare

    Blaze by Cara Clare

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 42 ratings
    I found answers, but my fight is only just beginning… One of my guys has been kidnapped. I don’t know if the Anti Magick Alliance took him or if it was the Human Extinction League. But I do know I’ll do whatever it takes to get him back.My magick is growing stronger by the day. I can feel it surging beneath my skin...
  • The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder

    The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is the last book in this trilogy. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out...
  • A Throne and a Crown (Riehse Eshan) by Adelaide Blaike

    A Throne and a Crown (Riehse Eshan) by Adelaide Blaike

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    King Renato Aratorre is missing.Mathias and his husband were meant to be enjoying their hard-won happily ever after. But with Ren disappearing without a trace and dangerous trouble brewing in every corner of the palace, the weight of the Quarehian crown falls on the shoulders of the northerner king consort...
  • Splintered by Tal Bauer

    Splintered by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Everything in Ben's life was perfect. He had it all. The good career. The perfect partner, Evan. The happy home. They were even talking about turning the extra bedroom into a nursery. But things start to splinter. Evan begins missing time, not knowing where he was or how he got there...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  m-m  dark  paranormal  fantasy  contemporary  angst
  • Her Ex-Boyfriend's Werewolf Lover by Cassie Alexander

    Her Ex-Boyfriend's Werewolf Lover by Cassie Alexander

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I loved Vincent and he loved me. Undoubtedly, incontrovertibly, with the fire of a thousand suns.But before me? He loved Max. The man who broke his heart, and the reason he had a wolf print tattooed upon his chest.I didn’t expect Vincent to get gunned down, but Vincent knew he was in danger -- and he knew only one man could save me from dying too...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  monsters  queer  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  bdsm  dark
  • F*ck Steal Kill by Kris Butler

    F*ck Steal Kill by Kris Butler

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It’s only a game… until someone gets hurt.In a town known for the macabre and bizarre, it didn’t provide many options for women, especially of a certain age. You could marry young—which, if we were honest, no longer included us. You could marry rich—the only eligible bachelors smelled of feet and no longer had their teeth. Pass. Or… Oh, were you waiting for a third? Yeah, nope...
  • Ruthless Kings by Dani René

    Ruthless Kings by Dani René

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The Kings are about to take their thrones, but secrets, lies, and violence threaten it all.I don’t love her.I don’t want her.But we need her.And now, we have to save her.There’s no longer denying she belongs to us, but she has to prove her loyalty. And we’re going to ask her to do something far worse than she ever imagined—choose...
  • Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court by K.A. Merikan

    Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    “I am yours, and I can be your prince as well as your beast.”Luke I’m your typical small-town loser stuck in a dead-end job. Single, because dating is for well-adjusted human beings, not traumatized gay boys with trust issues. All I want is to leave my past behind and finally start living.My wish comes true in the most bizarre way imaginable...
  • Visible Friend by K.Z. Snow

    Visible Friend by K.Z. Snow

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Christopher Borgasian has spent the last seven months painstakingly breaking up with a lover he's adored for three years: heroin. Now he's trying to make it on his own-without the drugs, without the family that rejected him for being gay, and, seemingly, without a friend in the world...
  • My Demon Mate by R.S. McKenzie

    My Demon Mate by R.S. McKenzie

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    The voice in my head tells me to commit murder. All my life, I’ve only known pain, fear and anger. I’m alone.Except for the voice in my head. It tells me to act on some of my most diabolical thoughts. I can’t listen, I can’t carry out the acts, even if I’ve never wanted anything so much in my life...
  • Bait Wolf by Sienna Sway

    Bait Wolf by Sienna Sway

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Coal I'm the top wolf fighter in the Lunar City Fight League. Thirty wins, zero losses. That’s why I get targeted. I have to throw my next fight, let the underdog win. That’s the only way I’ll get my baby sister back from the gangsters who kidnapped her. But things don’t go as planned when the bait wolf brought into the ring turns out to be my fated mate. Ember This is my last night...
  • His to Lead by E.V. Olsen

    His to Lead by E.V. Olsen

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    New Day. Fragile Bonds. Lurking Danger.I've been a lone wolf in this broken world for four years, never expecting companionship.Until one fateful night with Cal exposes our secret desires, forging an unexpected bond despite our age difference.But the lingering pain of how he ran away afterwards continues to haunt me, even after he returned and expressed his love for me...
  • God Of Death by Z.S. Storm

    God Of Death by Z.S. Storm

    Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What if Hades didn't want Persephone? What if...he wanted her brother instead? PerseThe last thing I expected when I threw that Halloween party at my place was to be abducted by some creepy dude who ruined my precious roses. Warning bells went off in my head when he sought me out and cornered me, calling himself Hades and looking like he belonged in a satanic sex cult...
  • Playing with Shadows (Love is Always Write) by Sasha L. Miller

    Playing with Shadows (Love is Always Write) by Sasha L. Miller

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was told that everything happened for a reason, that there were things out there that watched your every move. He just never thought that the people telling him this were telling the truth. Until he happened to glimpse something out of the corner of his eye, something that he couldn't explain. And now there are things in the shadows, things that want him...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  demons  dark  magic  paranormal  m-m
  • Jacked by Layla Fae

    Jacked by Layla Fae

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    It's Halloween. Exactly two years ago, my life shattered, and now I'm back where it happened to finish the job. This house should be empty and abandoned.It isn't. I meet three masked men who tie me up and do filthy, thrilling things to my body and soul. Trick or treat?As it turns out, it's both.This is a Why Choose Halloween novella with 18+ content and dark themes. Read responsibly...
    Categorized as:
    monsters  suspense  dual-pov  queer  dark  reverse harem  m-m-f  m-m
  • I Am God's Dagger by K.A. Merikan

    I Am God's Dagger by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    “I know what’s been done to you, and I will see you avenged.”Gabriel. Broken. Lonely. Scarred. Delusional?Abaddon. Lord of Locusts. Master of the Bottomless Pit. Angel of Destruction and Vengeance… But is he real?After a psychotic episode in his childhood, Gabriel is left shattered and unable to join society...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  m-m  dark  fantasy  abuse  paranormal  death
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