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  • Sky on Fire by Lindsay Buroker

    Sky on Fire by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 24 ratings
    The dragons of eld, once benevolent allies to mankind, have been infested by a magical parasite that makes them cruel and aggressive. They’ve flown through the ancient portal to invade Torvil and plan to kill or enslave all of humanity...
  • The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie

    The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    They say Black Dow’s killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud...
    Categorized as:
    military  horror  survival  fantasy  war  high fantasy  dark  magic
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  • Chosen for Power by Lindsay Buroker

    Chosen for Power by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 24 ratings
    Jak and his allies venture through the portal in search of the longevity plant their king demands, but all Jak wants is to find the elder dragons. Some say they’re extinct. Some say they’re in hiding. If he can’t locate them, there won’t be anyone to teach his hatchling how to fly. Or to protect the dragon eggs preserved within a glacier on another world...
  • Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

    Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 98 ratings
    The second novel in the wildly popular First Law Trilogy from New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie. Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It's enough to make a torturer want to run -- if he could even walk without a stick...
  • Dungeon Diving 301 by Bruce Sentar

    Dungeon Diving 301 by Bruce Sentar

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    Ken and company come back from summer break after arduous training for their third year at Haylon. No longer are they the fresh adventurers that once didn’t know the right end of the sword. Instead they have settled into Star City among the Orkai and are thriving deep within the dungeon and even locating trails for the class to get powerful new abilities. Things in the dungeon are never so simple...
    Categorized as:
    horror  harems  fantasy  magic  demons  age difference  humor  monsters
  • Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    One day, You Huo and his famiIy was puIIed into an exam caIIed the GIobaI University Entrance Examination. Going through exams together with other unfortunate examinees, their Iives are put at stake and they can only Iive by passing each exam...
  • Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

    Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 101 ratings
    From holy cup comes holy light;. The faithful hands sets world aright. And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight,. Mere man shall end this endless night. It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness...
  • Dating in Decay by Lindsey Montgomery

    Dating in Decay by Lindsey Montgomery

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Agent Lyla Matthews had two rules in the zombie apocalypse:. 1. Don’t get attached. 2. Always aim for the head. She didn’t plan to adopt a snarky teen sidekick or lead a rescue mission against a group of power-hungry captors—but the end of the world doesn’t care about your five-year plan. Lyla’s not looking for love...
  • A Cage of Crimson by K.F. Breene

    A Cage of Crimson by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 75 ratings
    Of all the people in the world, why her? It was supposed to be find the drug maker. Find her, and drag her back to the dragons to deal with. She deserves death for what she's done. For someone like Weston, the best alpha in the world, the one who shuts people up just by walking in the room, it would've been. Until he learns what she is…. Finding a fated mate is nearly impossible...
  • Grim by Joe Arden, D.J. Krimmer

    Grim by Joe Arden, D.J. Krimmer

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    We thought death was the end, turns out it’s just the prologue. RUE. I died, briefly. Then I came back. Now I’m determined to make the most of every minute I have left. Only problem is I’ve been saddled with supervision. Kane Deveraux is handsome, smug, and cold as a tombstone. So why does he make me feel something more powerful than death? KANE...
  • The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

    The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics. His debt has driven him to lie in wait by the old forest road, planning to rob the next traveler that crosses his path...
    Categorized as:
    horror  mystery  suspense  fantasy  high fantasy  magic  humor  dark
  • Betrayal Road by Christine Feehan

    Betrayal Road by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Deception cuts deep in the next propulsive novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan’s Torpedo Ink motorcycle club series. The stranger frequenting Azelie Vargas’s local coffee shop is a sight to behold. He’s tall, dark, muscular, and a complete distraction. She’s worried one look from his striking silver eyes will have her acting a fool...
  • Thirst Quenched by Shelby Rhodes

    Thirst Quenched by Shelby Rhodes

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Foxx Honeywell, here. So, picking up where we left off. .. and things are decidedly not okay. But, hey. .. what is fine. .. is my love life. Which is a win in my book, considering how badly all my former relationships have gone. And really, it's not often you become someone’s boyfriend and have to deal with their strange secret camera obsession for keeping you safe...
  • Make No Bones About It by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

    Make No Bones About It by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    MYSTERY, MAYHEM, AND MONKEYS, OH MY! Welcome to the jungle, a treacherous place teeming with terrible secrets better left buried. “This dig site isn’t cursed. It’s doomed! ”. Ancient History … A small civilization in the Maya jungle suffered a mysterious, bloody ending. Recent History … A world-renown Mesoamerican archaeologist dug too deep in the same place and wound up dead. Present Day … Dr...
  • Unbound by Penelope Bloom

    Unbound by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 45 ratings
    Nineteen-year-old Nessa Thorne expects death when she volunteers for Empire's selection. Instead, she's thrust into Confluence Academy, where students harness elemental magic and bond powerful beasts—from wolves to ancient dragons—forging themselves into the Empire's most lethal weapons. Students are branded by water, air, earth, or fire. But Nessa’s mark is different...
  • Ravensong by L. Ann, Claire Marta

    Ravensong by L. Ann, Claire Marta

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 8 ratings
    Life doesn't always end with death. Do not read this short story unless you have read the Churchill Bradley Academy series.
  • False Morality by Shelby Rhodes

    False Morality by Shelby Rhodes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Foxx Honeywell here and holding on. You all know where we left off. I suppose I always knew that life often has moments—painful moments—that have you questioning every choice you've made that led up to it. Questioning if you had done something a little different, moved just a bit faster, delayed a little less, would the outcome have changed...
  • Chronicles of Arcana: The Complete Collection by Debbie Cassidy

    Chronicles of Arcana: The Complete Collection by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Chronicles of Arcana. The complete collection books 1-4. City of Demons - Book 1. If Buffy and Angel could have banged without him going all evil, then we would have had Wilomena Bastion. Dragons suck, like literally suck the life out of you if you let them.  Trick is not to look them directly in the eyes, like ever...
    Categorized as:
    horror  fantasy  reverse harem  magic  humor  paranormal  dark  poly
  • Sparrow in the Woods by Shona Knight

    Sparrow in the Woods by Shona Knight

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Broken, scared, and running from her abusive past, the last thing Odessa expects is the chance to escape to a new world, but what if the men in that world are determined to break her for good? Odessa. Growing up a social pariah, my parents were the only bright spot in my life. So when they suddenly pass away, I’m left on my own, with a broken heart. That is, until he shows up...
  • Morningwood by Neven Iliev, Jeff Hays

    Morningwood by Neven Iliev, Jeff Hays

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 33 ratings
    Large chests are said to encompass all manner of hopes and dreams. Men covet them. Women envy them. But one fact holds true - everyone wants to get their hands on some big ones. The same holds true for one intrepid adventurer - a strapping young lad by the name of Himmel...
    Categorized as:
    horror  survival  fantasy  magic  humor  harems  demons  dark
  • Chasing Ebony by Tessa Stone

    Chasing Ebony by Tessa Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A young teacher's life is turned upside down when Fate brings her face-to-face with the massive bear shifter she's destined to be with forever. TristianAs a bear shifter, I never expected to find my fated mate in a radical human bar, but one whiff of her sweet vanilla scent and I knew she was mine...
  • Dark Paradise: Skulls and Scythes MC by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Dark Paradise: Skulls and Scythes MC by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    MC Syndicates. The only way in is by blood, the only way out is by death. Blood in, blood out. MC Syndicates is a shared universe, crafted by a set of USA Today and International Bestselling authors, that feature an array of paranormal species, savage dominant men, and strong heroines. These stories are all set in the same world and can be read within any order...
  • Bump in the Night by Cassie Mint

    Bump in the Night by Cassie Mint

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    He’s smart, handsome, and we have an instant connection. Pity all these ghosts keep interrupting our moments…. All my life, I’ve wanted a ghostly encounter. It’s my greatest dream, and it’s never happened for me—not even in Belladonna Bay, where every other building is haunted...
  • Wyrde and Wondrous by Charlotte E. English

    Wyrde and Wondrous by Charlotte E. English

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to the Grand Masquerade Ball for the Wyrde… and Wondrous! It’s time to party like it’s 1820, and you know what that means. Rout cakes and punch, satins and silks, and flirting on the balcony under a star-washed sky. Decorous. Genteel. Lovely. Nobody knows who’s throwing this bash, but who cares? It’s the party of the century, and everyone who’s anyone is going to be there...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  horror  suspense  fantasy  magic  vampires  historical  m-f
  • A Bride for the Winter King by Anya J. Cosgrove

    A Bride for the Winter King by Anya J. Cosgrove

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Can the Winter King truly love? Or am I doomed to follow his past queens to the grave? I’m a shadow huntress in dire need of revenge. When a Fae prince asks me to participate in the Yule pageant and spy on the Winter King, I rise to the occasion. He tells me I’m a ringer for the dead queen, and that I don’t have to win the pageant or get married in the end...
  • Realm of Kings by K.C. Kingmaker

    Realm of Kings by K.C. Kingmaker

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I did not come to Camelot to choose, yet I now face the most impossible choice of all…. I hold a secret no one else knows. A secret that will change the entire landscape of Logres. Merlin said it’s for my ears only—that if I tell King Arthur, it will disrupt the mythical prophecy. But screw the prophecy, right? I’m not sure how long my chatty ass can hold onto a secret of this magnitude anyway...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  horror  fantasy  time travel  historical  demons  harems  dark
  • Caged by Fallen Crows : Part One by Ava Larksen

    Caged by Fallen Crows : Part One by Ava Larksen

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Living together? That's a war Graysen was never trained for. Imprisoned in Graysen's tower, Nelle Wychthorn finds herself ensnared by something far more dangerous than chains. The sway is awakening. His tamer influence bleeds into her thoughts, seizing hold of her will—and he doesn't even know it. If he ever discovers the hold he already has… she's lost. Escape is her only chance...
  • Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

    Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 64 ratings
    Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—by Nebula Award-winning debut author John Wiswell. Shesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor...
    Categorized as:
    horror  mystery  survival  fantasy  queer  high fantasy  humor  dark
  • Selah Gothic by Kat Blackthorne

    Selah Gothic by Kat Blackthorne

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    From bestselling author of occult sensation The Halloween Boys, comes a sinfully fictional religious & dystopian story of naughty exorcism and sinful desires steeped in gothic mystery and lore. Now I lay me down to sleep. Impure thoughts sent me spiraling toward my fate. I was the holy daughter of Lady of Sorrows Church. The one meant to bring millions to faith in God...
  • Jacked Up by Latrexa Nova

    Jacked Up by Latrexa Nova

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Some people kill for fame and fortune. I'm killing for the chance to bang my Jack-in-the-box. Yes, I mean that literally—but hear me. My life blows worse than my ex. The only family member I like just died, my Mom's married to a POS perv, and if you look up 'slum lord' in the dictionary, there's a picture of my property managers...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  paranormal  demons  dark  magic  contemporary  fantasy  humor
  • Mountains Made of Glass by Scarlett St. Clair

    Mountains Made of Glass by Scarlett St. Clair

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 77 ratings
    "Could you love me? " he whispered. The question stole my breath and burned my lungs in the silence that followed. I wanted to answer, to whisper yes into the space between us, but I was afraid. All Gesela's life, her home village of Elk has been cursed. And it isn't a single curse—it is one after another, each to be broken by a villager, each with devastating consequences...
  • Loving a Vampire Is Total Chaos by Aura Hayes

    Loving a Vampire Is Total Chaos by Aura Hayes

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 83 ratings
    Celine Brennan should be riding the high of her recent promotion to detective, but instead she’s been saddled with a case no one can seem to solve with murders so gruesome others before her have quit. Not to mention, there’s something suspicious with a new club in town and her focus keeps being pulled from the case she should be devoting her attention to. Zavier Lockwood is old...
  • Prey Drive by Jen Stevens

    Prey Drive by Jen Stevens

    Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    I have two secrets. One of them died with me. The other haunts me. I'm not sure if he's a ghost, a dream, or my living nightmare, but Sebastian Lancaster seems to have sunken his claws into every aspect of my life before I even accept that he's real...
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