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  • Dead Serious Case #5 Madame Vivienne by Vawn Cassidy

    Dead Serious Case #5 Madame Vivienne by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    For one brief shining moment, the utter insanity that is Tristan Everett’s world makes sense.He’s marrying the man he loves, has a dead drag queen for a bestie and is surrounded by an amazing found family. Okay, so his life isn’t exactly what you’d call normal. By day, he’s a quiet, mild-mannered forensic pathologist, but the rest of the time, he guides lost souls into the light...
  • Smoke in the Mirror by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Smoke in the Mirror by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Memphis Sullivan thought he was coming to Blissville to help his cousin out, but instead, he gained three meddlesome females, a tribe, and a permanent home. More than a year later, he owns a popular comic book and vinyl record store and doesn’t think his life could get any better...
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  • Our Radiant Embers by Zarah Detand

    Our Radiant Embers by Zarah Detand

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Their rivalry? Explosive. Their chemistry? Magical. When a regrettable drunken hookup becomes your partner in a high-stakes magical project, sparks are bound to fly—just not the kind Liam Morgan was hoping for. Teaming up with Adam Harrington, the golden boy of a legendary magical lineage, was not on his to-do list...
  • Prophesy: Book II: The Bringer of Wrath by A.E. Via, Jay Aheer

    Prophesy: Book II: The Bringer of Wrath by A.E. Via, Jay Aheer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Shifter and Vampire True Mates story. Alek’s older brother, Justice—the Alpha Zenith—was the first shifter to mate with a vampire in many generations, and it was believed the rare, fated pairing would stop at him. But, it hadn’t. Aleksei ‘Alek’ Volkov was second beta, next in succession to the most powerful shifter in the world. He was proud of his title and he took his duties seriously...
  • Knot Again by Crista Crown, Susi Hawke

    Knot Again by Crista Crown, Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After spending the majority of my life trapped and abused in a True Mate cult, I have absolutely no desire to ever be with an alpha again. I just want to take care of my son and finish my degree in history, preferably while leaving my house as little as possible to manage my OCD. But after two years of studying completely online, a new professor insists on meeting all of his students face to face...
  • 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  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  fantasy  magic
  • Oberon by Macy Blake

    Oberon by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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  • True North by Corey Kerr

    True North by Corey Kerr

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    A bear shifter eating his garbage isn’t the meet-cute he had in mind.After a disappointing postseason performance leaves his career in question, hockey player JT needs a distraction for the summer. The bear who keeps taking illicit dips in his hot tub isn’t at the top of his list, but he’ll take what he can get...
  • Face Off by Marina Vivancos

    Face Off by Marina Vivancos

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    Orion’s life turns upside down when someone outs him as the first Omega in the NHL…that anybody knows of. Now, he has to wrestle with the decisions he made throughout his life to keep that secret hidden—including the man he left a decade earlier.Problem is, that man is Gabriel McKenna, Captain of the Queen's Hounds...
  • Romancing the Omega by C.W. Gray

    Romancing the Omega by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Story takes place in the Omegaverse. Hobson Hills Omegas: Book Three Caden Benson is stoic, quiet, and proper. He may write romance novels now, but his family and friends still see him as the cold and logical lawyer he was for most of his adult life. Everything changes when he meets his omega...
  • Sexting with a Ghost by Ashlynn Mills

    Sexting with a Ghost by Ashlynn Mills

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    DarcyStarting over isn't easy. My boyfriend was abusive, my family controlling, and I lost my studio where I kept most of my work. The new room I'm renting isn't much to look at but the owner said I could use the basement as a new working space. Weird things start to happen the more I go down there and even though I'm the only person in the room, I can't help but get a feeling I'm not alone...
  • How to Start the New Year Right: According to the Minions by Jennifer Cody

    How to Start the New Year Right: According to the Minions by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Gregory:In preparation for Santanos’s return from a retreat in the Alps, the minions are putting on a New Year’s Eve party, but if one more person touches Edovard, the celebration is going to get bloody.Hassan:My mate is adorable, but he’d be even cuter with bloody hands. If only that wouldn’t upset Edovard...
  • Duron by J.P. Sayle, Lisa Oliver

    Duron by J.P. Sayle, Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Two men from different worlds, brought together. One seeks answers to a century-old problem.The other is running from a destiny he doesn't want. What does Fate have in store for them?Duron has wasted too much time dancing to the shifter council's tune. He has enough on his plate, struggling to let go of a past infatuation...
  • Omega Found: An MM Mpreg Romance by Susi Hawke, Cosmic Letterz

    Omega Found: An MM Mpreg Romance by Susi Hawke, Cosmic Letterz

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ages ago, the gods locked away a dangerous, powerful people… but the seal has been broken Heath is a human… or is he? Rescued from a horrible fate by the group of legacy descendants, he needs to embrace his inner beast in order to deal with the fate the gods have for him. But first, he has to accept the fact that he might not be exactly human...
  • Fractured Fang: Beta by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Fractured Fang: Beta by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Grow your own pack, they said. It will be easy, they said. It was not.Alpha and pack Beta, Perry never planned to become part of a fledgling pack, but when the bond between he and his packmates formed, it felt right. Fractured fang is where he belongs and he had the hard work to prove it. Or so he thinks. When the youngest members of his pack become ill, he sets off on a mission to find the cure...
  • Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
  • Ready or Knot by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Ready or Knot by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The Haven Center was supposed to be my new beginning. It was supposed to be where I figured out who Wyatt Stanislav is after kidnapping and abuse had torn apart who I was.I wasn't supposed to meet him.Jordan Peterson. The tall, buff bear of a man who saves me from my nightmares and calls me his own. His true mate.Jordan wants nothing more than to protect me...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  abuse  contemporary  humor
  • Grand Adventures by John Amory, J.E. Birk

    Grand Adventures by John Amory, J.E. Birk

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On September 1, 2011, TJ Klune wrote, "...it's not about the ending, it's about the journey..." in a review of Eric Arvin's Woke Up in a Strange Place. With those words, two men began a journey of love and invited us to ride along. TJ and Eric have shared so much with us: their wonderful books, their smiles, their humor, their lives, and their inspiring devotion to each other...
  • A Marriage of Necessity: Two Princes this time by Lisa Oliver

    A Marriage of Necessity: Two Princes this time by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    A Marriage of Necessity - Jasper and Avalon I owe my mother everything. Jasper, the youngest Prince from Lowenthorp, had one driving need - to get away from the castle. After being abducted, abused, and having lost an eye, Jasper believed his only chance of keeping his Mother safe was to be as far away from her as possible...
  • Temptation by Jayda Marx

    Temptation by Jayda Marx

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lance thought he'd found the man he would spend his life with, only to get burned in the end. In order to protect his heart and his son Brady, he decided to swear off men for good, and focus on being the best dad he could be. But just when he least expects it, temptation comes strolling in with a pair of intense golden eyes that capture Lance's attention and crumbles his resolve...
  • Rough Rider by Jayda Marx

    Rough Rider by Jayda Marx

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rider’s packmates have found happiness with their fated ones, and while the Alpha is thrilled for them, he is also lonely and withdrawn. When his friends force him out of isolation, Rider comes face-to-face with his mate Trey, but things don’t go as planned, as Trey wants nothing to do with the big man...
  • The Slightly Supernatural Sheriff by Ardy Kelly

    The Slightly Supernatural Sheriff by Ardy Kelly

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    How long does a man have to wait for his happy ending?Sheriff Chet Thompson has seen the future. He's even met his mate-to-be, built a dream house (with a nursery), and kept an eye on Lone Wolves Ranch for the man of his visions to return.But it's been two years. And all he's gotten in that time is the nickname Chastity Chet...
  • Love at Frost Bite: Rudy (Mated to His Reindeer) by Victoria Sue

    Love at Frost Bite: Rudy (Mated to His Reindeer) by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Christmas Curse...Not only had Rudy drawn the short straw as far as family names went, but he'd lucked out on his shifter genes as well. Male reindeers capable of getting pregnant were as rare as rocking horse poop...well, you get the idea...
  • Psychic Men by Adira August

    Psychic Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hunter Dane and Camden Snow have settled into a satisfying routine of solving murders and hanging at the club, when they aren't expressing their affection for one another. Vigorously. A great life in an idyllic location. Until a skinny kid who barely came up to Cam's chin sought out Detective Lieutenant Dane... "I saw my father last night," Asher Gamble told him...
    Categorized as:
    sports  queer  bdsm  m-m  mystery  suspense  paranormal  contemporary
  • Crushing on Cole by Fel Fern

    Crushing on Cole by Fel Fern

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sexy and persistent Alpha is stalking me and I don’t know how to get rid of him…Alan Maple is trying to live his life one day at a time. Alan’s distrustful of Alphas for a reason. His ex-boyfriend did a number on him. Alan doesn’t think he’s ready to date again. When Cole enters the picture, Alan’s confused by all the attention the Alpha is giving him. He’s undeniably drawn to Cole...
  • Conviction by Stella Rainbow

    Conviction by Stella Rainbow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A half-troll hiding his insecurities behind his mask. A human who has finally found a home.SilasWhen I turned eighteen, I left the place I'd called home for five years and ventured out into the world. It didn't take me long to realize the world outside was an effed up place that would never accept me...
  • Double Kisses for the Omega by Lacey Daize

    Double Kisses for the Omega by Lacey Daize

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rick just wants to live a quiet life, and forget the tragedy that befell him a decade earlier.Rick lost his mate and baby a decade ago, and his bond was medically severed in order to save his life. The drastic procedure left him with lingering complications, and after he tired of the pitying looks, he moved to Mountain Springs and decided to be as unassuming as possible...
  • A Wizard's Touch: Volume One by Amber Kell

    A Wizard's Touch: Volume One by Amber Kell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jaynell's Wolf At his dead father's bequest, Jaynell Marley attends an esteemed wizard school hoping to finish up his education. What he finds it that the real education he's lacking is about life. When shape shifter Thomas Sparks claims Jaynell as his mate the pair start a whole new understanding between werekin and wizards...
  • Uncharted Waters by Noah Harris

    Uncharted Waters by Noah Harris

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m coming for you, babe.” He whispered into the empty room. “Wait for me.” Everything seems to be looking up for Dylan and Blake. They have a home, a beautiful daughter, and the support of their families...
  • Rogue by B.A. Stretke

    Rogue by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Derek Vaughn is the brother of the Alpha of the Bay Harbor Wolves and the Pack “Fixer.” If there is a problem, Derek is the one who makes it go away, sometimes to the bottom of the Bay. He’s a dark and deadly man, known for keeping his own company. He follows no rules except for his own and those of his brother, Alpha Henrik Vaughn...
  • Surfacing by Claire Cullen

    Surfacing by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Luke was born ordinary—born human—but now he’s something else. Every day is a struggle to accept his new reality. Freedom is a distant memory. Then a wolf appears, staring at him from the other side of his tank, and everything changes.Red has done his best to ignore what’s happening in the world with the single-mindedness of an alpha...
  • Cards on the Table by Josh Lanyon

    Cards on the Table by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found hereYou're future lies in the Cards...Fifty years ago, a glamorous Hollywood party ended in murder—the only clue a bloody Tarot card. Timothy McShay is not the first journalist to dig into the details of what really happened that long-ago summer's night, and he's not deterred by the grim fate of his predecessor. Tim has a book to write...
  • Taken by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Taken by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    An MM Mpreg Romance Team: A.L.P.H.A.:Six battle-hardened alphas with one goal—to save any omega in peril Cody Evans has spent the past six years hidden from the world. Held by a shifter trafficking ring, he’s been forced to serve any man who paid the right price for a submissive omega. Now, the unthinkable has happened: Cody is pregnant...
  • How to Love Thine Enemy by Eli Easton

    How to Love Thine Enemy by Eli Easton

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Can a forbidden love heal the rift between two enemy tribes?Legend says that, centuries ago, the sled dogs and the Inuit were so deeply bonded that the dogs rose up on two legs and became men. The Qimmig and the People lived together happily until one of the Inuit betrayed the dog-men. The Qimmig fled, vowing never to return.Taq figured that was just another story elders told around the campfire...
  • The Eskimo Slugger by Brad Boney

    The Eskimo Slugger by Brad Boney

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Austin Trilogy: Book Three It’s the summer of 1983, and Trent Days is Major League Baseball’s rookie sensation. Born in Alaska to an Inupiat mother, the press have dubbed him the Eskimo Slugger, but a midseason collision at home plate temporarily halts his meteoric rise to the top...
  • Mikhail by Skye R. Richmond

    Mikhail by Skye R. Richmond

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mikhail knew he found his mate the first moment he set eyes on Rowan. There was only one problem—Rowan doesn’t believe in fated mates. Will Mikhail be able to change his mind? Or will Rowan run as far away as he can before he gets a chance? Rowan doesn’t realise Mikhail will do whatever it takes to prove to him that they’re destined to be together. All he needs is a chance to show him...
  • Joey by J.D. Light

    Joey by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Joey is a twenty-year-old model who has decided to slow down in order to take care of his Gramma. He's nice and funny and unquestionably gorgeous... he's also a bit of a mess every time Harlow West comes into the gym...
  • Home Is Where You Make It by Jenny Wood

    Home Is Where You Make It by Jenny Wood

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dean Carpenter is used to being alone, he's practically been that way his entire life. Being lied to, left, and abandoned is his version of normal.It isn't until he's run away to the harsh streets of Boston, that someone finds him and gives him a future worth hoping for. A future to be who he longs to be, and a future to find the home he's always wanted...
  • Embrace the Beast by Mia West

    Embrace the Beast by Mia West

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Otter shifter Nate is living a whopper of a lie. Everything will be fine, as long as nobody—especially his best friend, sweet-gruff grizzly shifter Mac—finds out he used to be an elite rescue swimmer who failed to save the one person he loved most.+Nate Landry is living a whopper of a lie.He’s an otter shifter, that much is true...
  • Relic by Mia Monroe

    Relic by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Running from my past led me straight into the arms of my future. That is, if evil doesn’t catch me first.New Orleans felt like the right place for me to disappear, but I walked right into trouble...
  • Sight and Sinners by Susan Mac Nicol

    Sight and Sinners by Susan Mac Nicol

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE MEN OF LONDONFrom Charing Cross to Waterloo, there’s no escaping love.SEEING THROUGH…28-year-old Draven Samuels has a tragic past, but as an investigator with a high-profile London company he now gets what he wants. Tough, sarcastic, and sceptical, he has no patience for lies and even less for people who waste his time. Even if they’re as beautiful as the wild and dark-haired Taylor Abelard...
  • Stand in Place by Mary Calmes

    Stand in Place by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    One summer won’t be enough…. Kaenon Geary was done fighting the small minds in his sleepy Texas town when he made his escape and never looked back. But now, for the first time in more than a decade, he’s returned to Braxton to spend the summer with his beloved grandmother—her final summer—and no longer recognizes the home he’d left behind all those years ago. Everything has changed...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  queer  fantasy  magic  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  abuse
  • Phoenyx by Lynn Hagen

    Phoenyx by Lynn Hagen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a desperate attempt to get his grandmother out from under her mounting medical bills, Edward takes a loan from a fairy. Now Lyle isn’t playing by the rules. The fairy sends a soul-sucking demon after Edward just for fun. When Edward is rescued by a redheaded warrior, he thinks he is dreaming, until the warrior appears in his house, telling Edward he is his new bodyguard...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  queer  m-m  paranormal  demons  magic  fae  contemporary
  • Recalling My Demon by Colette Davison

    Recalling My Demon by Colette Davison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm told Nethermire House is haunted, but the truth is even stranger.Nethermire is home to an eccentric 80-year-old and the young man she claims is her great-nephew. Except he's not. He's a demon. Brin's chaotic, bratty ways draw me to him. When he calls me Daddy, I'm a goner. I want to protect him, take care of him, and call him mine.But when he gets summoned to hell, our happiness is shattered...
  • The Manticore Manny by Hawke Oakley

    The Manticore Manny by Hawke Oakley

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A human omega can't be soulmates with a venomous, man-eating beast, right?Chris can't catch a break. After his daughter's alpha father abandoned them, he's been struggling to keep them afloat and make sure Zoey has the life she deserves. When Chris scores his dream job at a local bakery, there's one big problem...
  • The Medicine and the Mob by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    The Medicine and the Mob by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Santorno Stories: Book One Warning: This book contains homosexual relations, crude language and violence. Stefan Sanders knows two things: He never wants to be like his father. He's going to die if someone doesn't remove the tumor in his head. Stefan is the son of a notorious and ruthless mobster, which effectively scares off any doctor he'd let anywhere near his brain...
  • His Omega Manny: Nonshifter MM Mpreg Romance by Harper B. Cole

    His Omega Manny: Nonshifter MM Mpreg Romance by Harper B. Cole

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wyatt's has no interest in confusing his daughter by bringing a female nanny into their house. During the three years since his wife's death, their neighbor has been more than willing to take on the role as Chloe's nanny. But she's ready to move near her own grandchildren, and Wyatt has to find a replacement...
  • His Pretend Omega: Nonshifter MM Mpreg Romance by Harper B. Cole

    His Pretend Omega: Nonshifter MM Mpreg Romance by Harper B. Cole

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Aiden needs a mate or his dreams of launching his startup will go up in smoke. Aiden has been working on his meal replacement shake, LifeFuel, for years while finishing up school. He's been using the funds provided by his wealthy parents to fund his enterprise, but they've laid down the law: find a mate in three months or we pull our support...
  • Sweet Guy's Alpha by Allie W. Scott

    Sweet Guy's Alpha by Allie W. Scott

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A sweet, clueless Omega. A hopeful, focused Alpha. When they get together, the heat is scorching.Diego Ramos deals with shenanigans daily for his job at the senior apartment homes in Plentywood. His only goal is to keep them active and alive since they all seem to have a death wish.It’s on one of his more hectic days that he meets the mate of his resident’s son...
  • 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...
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