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  • Oracle by Macy Blake

    Oracle by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Koios, AKA the Oracle, is a man with a mission: hunt down and destroy the manticore who’s been tormenting his pack. There’s only one thing standing in his way…a giant, stubborn bear named Ben Jerrick...
  • Ghost in the Box by Pandora Pine

    Ghost in the Box by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A killer is on the loose in Salem who not only wants to take your life, but your soul as well…Psychic Copeland Forbes anonymously receives a locked wooden box with an unknown spirit trapped inside. Attached to the chest is a cryptic May you get what you truly deserve...
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    mystery  magic  queer  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  fantasy  suspense
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  • The Haunted Hotel by Vawn Cassidy

    The Haunted Hotel by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Have a frightfully good stay… Morgan Ashton-Drake hasn’t given his ancestral family home in Yorkshire a second thought in decades, even if it is technically part of his hotel empire. He has a great life in the States, so what if he works eighteen hour days seven days a week? you don’t get and keep a place on the Forbes 500 list unless you’re prepared to sweat blood...
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    mystery  queer  magic  fantasy  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  humor
  • Parker by Taylor Rylan

    Parker by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Cooking With Magic by Lisa Oliver

    Cooking With Magic by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “I would never hurt you… Please don’t flinch like that. You need to come with me, that’s all, and for that I need to touch you.”Hellhound Faron wasn’t expecting anything when he went to his local diner for a meal before heading home. He might have privately hoped that he could catch sight of his favorite chef, Patrick, but the food was worth eating anyway...
  • A Highland Gargoyle's Lucky Star (Tales from the Tarot) by Chloe Archer

    A Highland Gargoyle's Lucky Star (Tales from the Tarot) by Chloe Archer

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A gargoyle hotter than Goliath (IYKYK) meets a human bad luck magnet with a coveted power that attracts trouble like catnip to cats. Is it destiny or disaster?Noah PriceWhen a mysterious magic shop owner draws the lucky tarot Star card for me, I drop everything and hop on a plane to Scotland for the bucket-list trip of a lifetime...
    Categorized as:
    queer  magic  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  fantasy
  • Not Over Yet by Barbara Elsborg

    Not Over Yet by Barbara Elsborg

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… One pissed off Santa…A whole heap of trouble…The last thing Phin feels like doing is going to a New Year’s Eve party. After a day dealing with sick animals, all he wants is a glass of red wine, some food and his bed. But as he drives home down a steep, snow-covered hill, he skids and hits a guy dressed as Santa Claus...
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    christmas  magic  queer  paranormal  humor  m-m  fantasy  contemporary
  • Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura

    Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From Storm in Heaven:Rakan lives alone, and the plants in his garden grow so thick and fast that it seems like a jungle. One day a man, holding a gun made of wood, falls right down into his garden. He seems to come from another world, and he's searching for someone who can bring back the green into his own dark and inhospitable world...
  • A Beginner's Guide to Christmas Miracles by Shannon Mae

    A Beginner's Guide to Christmas Miracles by Shannon Mae

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nachielus (not Nicholas) may have gotten into a bit of trouble over unsanctioned miracles, ending up on the upstairs’ naughty list. Sure, maybe he’d gotten a little carried away with the whole Christmas thing, but he hadn’t meant to become a part of folklore, and surely that wasn’t a reason to bury him in centuries of paperwork...
  • Oberon by Macy Blake

    Oberon by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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  • Fire Wings by Jena Wade

    Fire Wings by Jena Wade

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rule number 1 of internet Never send pictures first.I’m known as “the dragon who almost exposed us all” thanks to some less than spectacular choices in my youth. The fact that I even have my new job as Flight Trainer for Fire Wing Academy is more of a second chance than I ever thought I’d get. I refuse to mess it up… that is until I do...
  • The White Road by Lynn Flewelling

    The White Road by Lynn Flewelling

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Dissolute nobles, master spies, and the unlikeliest of heroes, Alec and Seregil have survived exile, treachery, and black magic. But the road that lies ahead is the most hazardous they’ve ever traveled. For with enemies on all sides, they must walk a narrow path between good and evil where one misstep might be their last...
  • Ghostly Hostage by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Hostage by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Back from vacation, Lance is ready to dive back into work—that is, until the morgue employees are taken hostage on his first day back. Held at gunpoint was not how he thought he'd spend his day. With their lives on the line, Lance and the others have no choice but to follow orders and perform the autopsy that's been demanded.Angus never dreamed he'd be the one worrying about Lance being killed...
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    mystery  queer  paranormal  m-m  contemporary  suspense  fantasy
  • Spirits & Sunflowers by A.D. Armistead, Austin Daniel

    Spirits & Sunflowers by A.D. Armistead, Austin Daniel

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Adrian Sharp can speak with the dead, but only when they choose to listen.Devastated by the recent death of his husband, Adrian has been relying upon his necromantic gifts to try and bridge the gap between the living and the dead, feeling more and more like a ghost himself with each failure...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  queer  contemporary  paranormal  fantasy  m-m
  • The Tinder Chronicles: Complete 3-Volume Series by Alexa Land

    The Tinder Chronicles: Complete 3-Volume Series by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tinder’s world is black and white, good and evil clearly defined. The young vampire hunter was taught to hate his enemy with a passion, and hating them is easy since they killed his entire family. His attraction to Bane, a gorgeous, mysterious vampire, contradicts everything Tinder believes in, but the heat between them is undeniable...
  • Chaos by Megan Derr

    Chaos by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Nine gods ruled the world, until the ultimate betrayal resulted in their destruction. Now, the world is dying and only by restoring the Lost Gods can it be saved. Sealed off from the world for nine hundred years, Schatten is a country of darkness and mystery. The power of Teufel, Shadow of the Lost Licht, keeps the rest of the world out, and his deadly Sentinels keep the people of Schatten in...
  • Winter Oranges by Marie Sexton

    Winter Oranges by Marie Sexton

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    Jason Walker is a child star turned teen heartthrob turned reluctant B-movie regular who’s sick of his failing career. So he gives up Hollywood for northern Idaho, far away from the press, the drama of L.A., and the best friend he’s secretly been in love with for years.There’s only one problem with his new life: a strange young man only he can see is haunting his guesthouse...
  • Ghostly Claus by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Claus by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    When Santa Claus appears on Lance's autopsy table, he can't believe his eyes or ears as the not-so-jolly ghost accompanying the body tells Lance he's been murdered. Solving this murder will take time as the list of suspects is growing. For some, Christmas isn't the most wonderful time of the year, but it is the most profitable.To top it off, Lance's brother is in town visiting and he's not alone...
  • My Christmas Spirit by K.C. Wells

    My Christmas Spirit by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I knew I had problems when I woke up in the middle of the night to find Mike Stubbins sitting at the foot of my bed, stark naked, still as gorgeous as every one of my memories of him. So what’s the problem, I hear you cry? Gorgeous, naked man in my bedroom? Well, there’s the not-so-small, highly significant detail that he died six years ago. Yup. You read that right. And now he’s everywhere...
  • The Sugarplum Fairy by Dallas James, Samantha Cole

    The Sugarplum Fairy by Dallas James, Samantha Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *****Previously published under the pen name Dallas James. Now published under Samantha Cole.Jasper Sugarplum holds one of the most respected elf positions at the North Pole. He works in the Department of Naughty or Nice Affairs and takes his job seriously. After checking on the children on his list one November night, he’s heading home when disaster strikes...
  • To Find Him and Love Him Again, Volume 1 by Harper Fox

    To Find Him and Love Him Again, Volume 1 by Harper Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    (Author’s note and warning: this is Volume One of Two in this tenth Tyack & Frayne story, and does have a cliffhanger end! Volume Two is available to pre-order from Amazon now with a release date of August 2020...
  • Dead Man's Quill by Jordan Castillo Price

    Dead Man's Quill by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It’s all fun and games until someone loses a hand. Dixon has been dying to introduce Yuri to Uncle Fonzo, the Hand of his family, and now he’ll finally get that chance. All they need to do is meet him at a traveling carnival with an unused piece of Spellcraft. Easy peasy, right? Not even a little. And even worse, they might encounter a clown...
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    magic  mystery  queer  m-m  humor  fantasy  paranormal  contemporary
  • Santa's Secrets by K.C. Wells, Meredith Russell

    Santa's Secrets by K.C. Wells, Meredith Russell

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Anthony has a secret.One Christmas Eve when he was twelve, he found Santa laying presents under the tree.He never told a soul. And the following year he snuck out of bed to see if he could repeat the event.Every Christmas Eve for more than forty years, he and Santa have met, only now, they’re friends. But although Anthony is ageing, Santa hasn’t changed since that first night...
  • The Bastard Prince by Megan Derr

    The Bastard Prince by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Reyes O'Bannon lives a fairly quiet life, despite his role as the King's secretary. His days are filled with appointments, paperwork, and avoiding the romantic attentions of Kinnaird, the Duke of Keyes; attentions that become harder to ignore with each passing day..
  • The Red String of Fate by Akira Yoshio

    The Red String of Fate by Akira Yoshio

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Keiji has the special ability to see red strings of fate...threads that connect when two people are meant to spend the rest of their lives together. One day, he looks down at his hand and sees that his string has finally connected to someone!! But when Keiji finds the person on the other end, he realizes it's..
  • Downtime by Tamara Allen

    Downtime by Tamara Allen

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    On assignment in London, FBI Agent Morgan Nash finds himself moments away from a bullet through the heart when the case he's working goes awry. But fate has other plans, he discovers when he wakes in a world far removed from his own...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  queer  contemporary  suspense  paranormal  fantasy  m-m
  • Poison by Megan Derr

    Poison by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nine gods ruled the world until the ultimate betrayal resulted in their destruction. Now, the world is dying and only by restoring the Lost Gods can it be saved. Verde is ruled by the mortal reincarnations of their Lost Gods: the Faerie Queen, the Pegasus, and the Unicorn, slain nine centuries ago at the base of their Sacred Oak...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  queer  contemporary  fantasy  suspense  paranormal  m-m
  • ZE, Volume 2 by Yuki Shimizu

    ZE, Volume 2 by Yuki Shimizu

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    After asking to become Kon's "kotodama" master, Raizou figured his roommate's problems had been solved - but Raizou's troubles are just beginning! Now Kon kisses Raizou to heal the tiniest injury, and seems willing to take Raizou's obvious affection for him to the next level...
  • Willowhope Manor by Sammi Cee

    Willowhope Manor by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “There’s no time. Remember Willowhope Manor.”All Chance wants is a change of pace and a little excitement, so opening a B&B in a town surrounded by ghost stories sounds like the perfect solution.Throw in Jett, the super-sexy handyman, who is as willing to work him over as he is to help return the manor to its former glory, and Chance knows he made the right decision...
  • Santa's Omega Stepbrother by Anna Wineheart

    Santa's Omega Stepbrother by Anna Wineheart

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Every year on Christmas eve, Brodie gets a visitor he knows nothing about.Brodie's life has become a sad, lonely thing ever since his son and best friend got together—his only excitement comes from the mysterious presents that appear under his Christmas tree every year.When his heat rolls around on Christmas eve, all he expects is a good time with his new candy cane toy...
  • Christmas Spirit by Annabelle Jacobs

    Christmas Spirit by Annabelle Jacobs

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dylan’s Cornish retreat wasn’t supposed to include a hot bloke and a cupid-playing ghost… After tearing his Achilles tendon, recuperating by the sea sounds like a fantastic idea, and Dylan happily accepts his best mate’s offer to stay with him and his uncle for a few weeks. But he hadn’t counted on the uncle being smoking hot, or the fierce attraction that blossoms between them...
  • Stargazing with a Ghost by K.L. Hiers

    Stargazing with a Ghost by K.L. Hiers

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Grant Mittel is the Paranormal Probe's secret weapon for ghost hunting: he's a medium.His ability to communicate with the dead is put to the ultimate test when the crew takes on an unprecedented challenge—living at the famously haunted Allan Hotel for three months to film the new season of their ghost hunting show...
  • No Friends in Abergwyn by Ripley Hayes

    No Friends in Abergwyn by Ripley Hayes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Abergwyn seemed a lot more exciting with Lorne. And that was before the camper van convoy arrived.Peter Tudor was coming to terms with his quiet life as a district nurse when a bunch of strangers turn up to visit his maybe-boyfriend Lorne Stewart. They bring a mysterious package, secrets and jealousy from the past, and magic that even sceptical Peter can't ignore...
  • The Wizard of Bright Isle by MomsDarkSecret

    The Wizard of Bright Isle by MomsDarkSecret

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Kieran, a kind-hearted boy living a simple life as a servant on a gentleman’s estate, learns that he has the power to become one of the kingdom’s most feared denizens: a royal wizard. This life-changing event transports him into a world of magic, politics and intrigue, where he becomes involved with the kingdom’s invalid prince Edouard and discovers the true meaning of devotion...
  • Thief in the Light by Jaime Samms

    Thief in the Light by Jaime Samms

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lucky Denver has wandering feet, sticky fingers and an unreliable moral compass-he's never had a home and he's not so sure he cares about what he's missing.Arnold Kreed, who runs a small-town B&B, knows what a home should be. So does his home, The Oaks-aka Mildred-and she has some very definite opinions on who should stay and who should go...
  • Seizing Dreams [夺梦] by Arise Zhang, 非天夜翔

    Seizing Dreams [夺梦] by Arise Zhang, 非天夜翔

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Within the dream of the dreamer, the one who was dreamed of awoke.… Borges“I exist in the sunlight, the wind, between the heavens and the earth, and also in dreams.”One night, Yu Hao, a college student who was at his wits’ end had an unexpected encounter with a mysterious visitor – “General” – who had dream traveled...
  • In the Nick of Time by Elle Keaton

    In the Nick of Time by Elle Keaton

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Have you always thought you were special?Perennially unemployed loner Nick Sedgewick applies to an online job opening with that exact phrase and expects nothing to come of it. It was likely a no-so-funny prank after all.If Doug 'Deadeye' Swanson wanted a new work partner he'd hire one himself. He's perfectly happy on his own and if he plays his cards right he might retire in a few years...
  • Where Foxes Say Goodnight by Sam Burns

    Where Foxes Say Goodnight by Sam Burns

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    It should have been the start of something wonderful . . .Max is living the screenwriter dream. He’s not even thirty, he’s just won an Oscar, and he’s dating the gorgeous star of his movie. But after that one magical night, everything crumbles. The movie star dumps him, and his latest screenplay is a blank document that stubbornly refuses to write itself...
  • Illuminate by Lisa Oliver

    Illuminate by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Stefan de Marco was looking for a position... again. Being a high scoring magical anchor was only useful in his world when he had someone to partner with. His slender body and elfin looks meant he was usually only chosen to anchor people who believed his duties should extend well past working hours, and that wasn't something Stefan was interested in...
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    magic  mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  demons  contemporary
  • The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye

    The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In this lush, magical, queer, and feminist take on Hamlet in modern-day New York City, a neuro-atypical philosopher, along with his best friend Horatio and artist ex-fiancé Lia, are caught up in the otherworldly events surrounding the death of his father.Meet Ben brilliant, devastating, devoted, honest to a fault (truly, a fault)...
  • Mate Healer by Amber Kell

    Mate Healer by Amber Kell

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    His parents' violent ending, makes Lian Blythorpe vow to keep things light between himself and any partner. His promise is abandoned when he meets Nevair Dragonfang, the religious leader for an entire planet. One glance into Nevair's intense gaze and Lian melts...
  • Behind the Mask (The Masked) by Megan Derr

    Behind the Mask (The Masked) by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    Kasumi is an elite warrior, trained in skills that very little of the world even knows exists. The price for his skills is high, and they are not sold lightly. Given into the service of a famous scholar, Kasumi travels the world at his side, a secretive, deadly shadow, his only defining trait a mask that no one can remember in detail the very moment they have looked away..
  • The Case of the Sinful Santa by Amber Kell, R.J. Scott

    The Case of the Sinful Santa by Amber Kell, R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book Four in the End Street Detective Agency series. Zephariel, the Angel of Vengeance, Nick Klauson, nephew to Santa, Christmas magic, zombies in the school and a necromancer causing chaos…and at the center of it all—Mal. Zephariel is the Angel of Vengeance and is tracking down his cousin Danjal for misuse of brimstone...
  • Tomte by Jamie Fessenden

    Tomte by Jamie Fessenden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    RYAN ANDERSON has known something was wrong since he was a teenager. He’s been tormented by a sense of emptiness and loss—but what did he lose? He has no idea. Then a mysterious man appears, calling himself Tomte, a Swedish word Ryan remembers hearing from his grandmother in his childhood. It means “Christmas elf...
  • Christmas Heat by M.M. Farmer

    Christmas Heat by M.M. Farmer

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ‘Tis the season for surprise heats, fake boyfriends, and landing on the naughty list… DanIt was looking like I might have the worst Christmas ever. I tanked a presentation at work that could cost my job, I drove my car into a snow bank on the way home for the holidays, and then my heat started while I was trapped in the mountains...
  • The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

    The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 43 ratings
    Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes—just in case—from the author of The Wishing Game...
  • Hidden: Dating a Demigod Novella  (Dating a Demigod Novella Series) by Jayda Marx

    Hidden: Dating a Demigod Novella (Dating a Demigod Novella Series) by Jayda Marx

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ambrose is the demigod son of Hades, the ruler of the underworld. He is in charge of punishing those who were wicked in their lifetime, as well as housing lost souls, but there's only one soul Ambrose truly cares about; his mate's...
  • Finder Tolan by Megan Derr

    Finder Tolan by Megan Derr

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Born and raised in nowhere villages, having moved to more of the same, and with a worthless drunk for a master, all Tolan really wants out of life is his own shop and a steady income. Given he's usually left to train himself in Finding magic and do his master's job, that's probably not happening anytime soon...
  • Fairytales Slashed 4 by Mell Eight, J.L. Merrow

    Fairytales Slashed 4 by Mell Eight, J.L. Merrow

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sometimes taking a chance on a stranger is worth the risk … The Fairy's Assistant is a stranger wherever he goes, except to the knight determined to capture him once and for all...
  • Help! I'm the Big City Boy in My Christmas Comfort Movie by Joel Abernathy

    Help! I'm the Big City Boy in My Christmas Comfort Movie by Joel Abernathy

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Merry Christmas... FOREVER.If there’s anyone who can help Matthew Harrington get over his broken heart, it’s the man who made him believe in love in the first place.Unfortunately, Ben Clark, the six-foot-six Christmas tree farmer with soulful blue eyes and rugged good looks, is literally too good to be true—he’s the love interest in Mistletoe Hollow, Matthew's favorite Christmas comfort movie...
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