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  • The Heart's Blood Arrow by Kai Butler

    The Heart's Blood Arrow by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    An old nemesis is out for blood…Parker Ferro’s life would be easier if his enemies stayed gone. When the man responsible for the death of Parker’s mother breaks out of prison, Parker finds himself in the crosshairs of the Bureau of Paranormal Threats when he tracks the criminal down...
  • A Gilded Iron Blade by Kai Butler

    A Gilded Iron Blade by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Saving the city was supposed to be the hard part...Parker Ferro can’t catch a break. After saving San Amaro from destruction for the second time and reconciling with his boyfriend, his current plans are to relax on his couch until his ears stop ringing.Unfortunately, the thousand realms he just saved have a way of yanking him back into service and the dead have come back to haunt him...
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  • Truth or Dare by Ariana Nash

    Truth or Dare by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    America. The land of the free. Unless you're a latent.Kage is missing. Alexander Kempthorne would prefer he stay that way. Life at the new-look Kempthorne & Co agency is difficult enough without adding a missing American to the mix. But John "Dom" Domenici won't abandon someone who was once their friend, even if Kage is technically an enemy...
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    mystery  queer  m-m  fantasy  urban fantasy  paranormal  magic  abuse
  • Dead & Buried by T.K. Eldridge

    Dead & Buried by T.K. Eldridge

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Detectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then one of them died. And yet, they're still partners. Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of...
  • Murder House by Jordan Castillo Price

    Murder House by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Victor Bayne has survived demons, ghosts and repeaters. But can he survive a murder house? Few people would willingly spend the night in a murder house, but Victor Bayne is up for the challenge. He’ll do whatever it takes to get a look at his permanent record, including going undercover in a townhouse where a recent death took place...
  • Seeker of Truth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Seeker of Truth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Federal agent John Starkweather’s parents are dead. Or at least—the people he remembered as his parents. With his very identity in question, John must look elsewhere for answers.The now-defunct Center for Loving Redemption may provide the clues he needs. But as John’s true memories begin to resurface, the answers prove worse than he ever imagined...
  • Point Blank by Morgan Brice

    Point Blank by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Sexy psychic Simon Kincaide and skeptical homicide detective Vic D’Amato are getting married--if the ghost of a murderous magician doesn’t get them first!Simon and Vic’s wedding is just a few weeks away, and they’re hoping for a little peace and quiet to wrap up work before their honeymoon, but nothing ever goes that smoothly...
  • No Souls On The River by M. Kato

    No Souls On The River by M. Kato

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Homicide detective Hayashi Teruo and his partner, Miyazaki Shinji are juggling their personal and work lives, trying to keep their relationship a secret from their colleagues at the Tōkyō MPD.In the supernatural realm, the souls of the dead are disappearing from the Sanzu River, before they have reached the end of their journey in the afterlife...
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    mystery  queer  suspense  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  magic  contemporary
  • Cronin's Key II by N.R. Walker

    Cronin's Key II by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    History isn’t always what it seems. With the battle of Egypt behind them, Alec and Cronin are enjoying the thrill of new love. Though fate doesn’t wait long before throwing them back into the world of weird.They know Alec’s blood is special, though its true purpose still eludes them. And given Alec’s inability to be changed into a vampire, Cronin is free to drink from him at will...
  • Other Half by Jordan Castillo Price

    Other Half by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Victor Bayne never saw himself as husband material, but after an undercover stint as half of a married couple, he’s willing to give it a shot. Jacob Marks was eager to settle down from the get-go, so once Vic popped the question, the wedding should’ve been smooth sailing. But new evidence has come to light that casts a pall over the whole affair: decades of psychic experimentation and intrigue...
  • Dim Sum Asylum by Rhys Ford

    Dim Sum Asylum by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    * Novel-length expansion of original short story found in Charmed & Dangerous anthology. * Welcome to Dim Sum Asylum: a San Francisco where it’s a ho-hum kind of case when a cop has to chase down an enchanted two-foot-tall shrine god statue with an impressive Fu Manchu mustache that's running around Chinatown, trolling sex magic and chaos in its wake...
  • The Forgotten Dead by Jordan L. Hawk

    The Forgotten Dead by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    Parapsychologist Dr. Nigel Taylor doesn’t work with psychic mediums. Until, that is, a round of budget cuts threatens his job and an eccentric old woman offers him a great deal of grant money. The only catch: he must investigate a haunted house with a man she believes to have a true gift...
  • Freefall by Andrea Speed

    Freefall by Andrea Speed

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In a world where a werecat virus has changed society, Roan McKichan, a born infected and ex-cop, works as a private detective trying to solve crimes involving other infecteds. Conceived bearing the lion strain of the virus, Roan is the only fully functioning virus child in the country—maybe in the world. But that doesn’t mean he’s okay...
  • Loose Ends by Morgan Brice

    Loose Ends by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Cold cases, old enemies, ex-lovers, and vengeful spirits are making life dangerous for psychic medium Simon Kincaide and his boyfriend, homicide detective Vic D’Amato. The ghosts of Myrtle Beach are restless, trapped by love, secrets, scandals, and spells, keeping Simon busy protecting the living from the unhappy dead...
  • Ghostly Target by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Target by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When someone starts killing police officers in the city, Detective Angus Young prioritizes finding out who's attacking those he works with. He's determined to take down the killer before any more officers are targeted.Having the skill to speak to the ghosts of the dead is usually helpful to a medical examiner, but not when the ghosts can't identify who killed them...
  • Ghostridden by E.J. Russell

    Ghostridden by E.J. Russell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When ghostwriter Maz Amani inherits a house from an uncle he’s never heard of, he offers heartfelt thanks to the universe, packs up his car, his cat, and his skepticism about mysterious uncles leaving all their worldly goods to unknown nephews, and high-tails it to a small town halfway to the Oregon coast.Anything would be better than week after week of couch surfing his way around Portland...
  • In Plain Sight by K.C. Wells

    In Plain Sight by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Detective Gary Mitchell and psychic Dan Porter are now investigating cold cases that are literally falling from the sky—a headless body in 2006 and a carpenter who fell from a roof two years ago.The first case leads them into dangerous territory. The second feels like a dead end...
  • Cold Light of Day by Charlie Cochet

    Cold Light of Day by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Reaper. Fang. Caine…An alias for each life lived.Government operative turned assassin, Wolf, had lived in the shadows until a secret cabal forced him into the light. The last thing Wolf needed was a confrontation with what—and who—he’d left behind. Now there’s no going back.Agent. Torturer. Killer…An identity fueled by pain...
  • Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben, Vol. 3 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, BOKI

    Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben, Vol. 3 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, BOKI

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Secrets and LiesIn the wake of their intoxicated tryst, He Yu's relationship with his erstwhile physician Xie Qingcheng is more fraught than ever. One taste has left He Yu addicted, and not even his pride can stop him from coming back for more; yet the taciturn Xie Qingcheng is determined to ward off his advances at all costs...
  • Guardians Of The Haunted Moor by Harper Fox

    Guardians Of The Haunted Moor by Harper Fox

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Book 5 in the Tyack & Frayne Mystery series The wedding is just the beginning… Gideon and Lee have spent a year in chaotic married bliss, with all the trimmings – a dog, tricky in-laws, and a baby girl they both adore. But even the best of lives can be fragile, and a shocking family loss hits their new world like a demolition ball...
  • I Buried a Witch by Josh Lanyon

    I Buried a Witch by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Something old, something new, something borrowed…something blacker than the darkest night. Cosmo Saville adores his new husband but his little white lies—and some very black magic—are about to bring their fairytale romance to an end...
  • Hero by Kiki Burrelli

    Hero by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Mercenaries. Outcasts. Alphas.Knox knows all the five of them have left now is each other. That, and the driving desire to find who had slaughtered their pack and make that person pay.But investigating a tragedy with only rubble as evidence requires money and time. Knox can find one and use it to buy the other...
  • Derivation by Lyn Gala

    Derivation by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Darren and Kavon have committed to each other, but magical rules are changing and that tests the strength of their bond. The death of a prominent Egyptian shaman and the shadowy remains of O'Brien's conspiracy to kill adepts and steal their magic also pressure the new couple...
  • Like a House on Fire by A.M. Rose

    Like a House on Fire by A.M. Rose

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Right, so … let’s see how he got himself in this mess.An estranged family member left him a house. Which is great. The house looks like it’s a soft breeze away from crumbling. Less great. The house is cursed and now Morgan is trapped inside it. Anything BUT great.Cursebreaker, please! And make him hot. Morgan’s been through a lot.Herbs? Check. Fire? Check...
  • A Haunting at Midwinter by Kai Butler

    A Haunting at Midwinter by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A paranormal PI. A cop who doesn’t believe in ghosts. And one very pissed off poltergeist. What a way to ring in the New Year.Parker Ferro is San Amaro’s top magical private investigator. It helps that he’s the only supernatural investigator in the city...
  • Brandywine Investigations by Angel Martinez

    Brandywine Investigations by Angel Martinez

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When humans forsake the temples, the gods need to find other employment. Hades opens Brandywine Investigations after his divorce and his subsequent move to the modern world. If he was hoping for boring infidelity cases and lost dogs, he’s sorely mistaken as murder and mayhem find his agency and his extended family at an astonishing rate...
  • Last But Not Lease by Jordan Castillo Price

    Last But Not Lease by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Location, Location, Location! Yuri knew his idyllic beachfront cabin wouldn’t last forever—but he wasn’t expecting to come home to an eviction notice. And with Uncle Fonzo back in town, Dixon’s attic apartment is getting crowded. Unfortunately, real estate in Pinyin Bay is surprisingly scarce...
  • Present Tense by Jordan Castillo Price

    Present Tense by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Christmas is a festive time of year, one filled with food, family and tradition—Dixon Penn’s ideal holiday. Too bad Spellcrafters don’t celebrate Christmas.Dixon’s parents have always been strict about their no-present rule, reluctant to entrap anyone in an “endless cycle of reciprocal obligation...
  • Magic Burning by Kaje Harper

    Magic Burning by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    AlanI haven't been out with a guy in the last two years. Partly because I'm a gay elementary-school teacher in a fairly small, conservative town. Partly because I'm a sorcerer, and dating ordinary humans only leads to trouble. Sleeping with one though? That's doable, so when my birdbrained familiar Sunny lines up a tall, muscular firefighter for me, I'm not going to say no. Just once, though...
  • Mayor May Not by Jordan Castillo Price

    Mayor May Not by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Uncle Fonzo has always been cagey about what his duties as Hand of the Penn family actually entail. Dixon figures they mainly involve playing poker with other middle-aged Scriveners, while Yuri suspects there are semi-legal dealings under the poker table as well.Whatever his typical responsibilities might be, Fonzo’s got his hands full with a new grandchild on the way...
  • Dead End by Stephen Osborne

    Dead End by Stephen Osborne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Duncan Andrews’s best friend Gina is a witch, his bulldog Daisy is a zombie, and his boyfriend Robbie is a ghost. Duncan himself is just your average private detective, who happens to specialize in paranormal cases. Robbie's cousin, Jason, has a problem. The house he's living in is haunted by the ghost of serial killer Dr. Stanley Moore...
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    suspense  mystery  queer  contemporary  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  humor
  • Phoenix Spy by T.J. Nichols

    Phoenix Spy by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Many deaths ago phoenix shifter Dalmon Vecker created the Coven, and once again he is running it instead of being king, or heir, or any of the other roles he has played to safeguard the secrets he and his brothers keep. Now the Coven is under threat as some want to expose shifters to humans...
  • Broken Warrior by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Broken Warrior by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Clay GreenA brotherhood? Monsters? Goddesses? Magic?The world has become a strange place.After a life on the run, Clay Green is rescued by a crazy old lady with a shotgun and an even crazier story about monsters, goddesses, and a secret brotherhood.Gifted with the power of the earth, Clay must locate his missing “brothers” before invading monsters can destroy everything...
  • The Wolf's Secret by Claire Cullen

    The Wolf's Secret by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When is a wolf not just a wolf? When he has magic running through his veins. Fleeing Samhain Pack to protect them from his berserker nature, Barrett is alone in the wilds—and lost to himself. Until he tracks a most interesting prey and finds himself face to face with a mage. But Evan is not just a mage, he’s something their pack desperately needs—a healer...
  • Feral Dust Bunnies by Angel Martinez

    Feral Dust Bunnies by Angel Martinez

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An orphaned kitten may be the only witness to romance and the impossible.Officer Alex Wolf responds to a lot of ‘paranormal’ calls that aren’t. Exotic pet birds aren’t monsters and unusual dog breeds aren’t aliens. It’s a good thing he likes the animal control officers, but he both yearns for and dreads those calls where he runs into ACO Jason Shen...
  • Mafia and Magics by Lyn Gala

    Mafia and Magics by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Angel Zamora has always looked out for numero uno, even after getting sent to prison for robbing a convenience store at knife point. But now two crazy feds show up to tell him he has undeveloped magic. And they want him to inform on a group that has been recruiting and disposing of magic users. When Angel agrees, he expects to play the feds until he can make his own escape plans...
  • Echoes of Deviance by Lyn Gala

    Echoes of Deviance by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The FBI's Talent team is back on the job with Kavon and Darren trying to navigate being lovers and partners in the office and at home. Without the imminent danger from magical attack hanging over their heads, Darren hopes their life together will turn out to be the happily ever after he expects...
  • All the World's an Undead Stage by Angel Martinez

    All the World's an Undead Stage by Angel Martinez

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR ANGEL MARTINEZ Book six in the Offbeat Crimes series ‘Old actors never die’ shouldn’t be literally true. Carrington Loveless III, skim-blood vampire and senior officer of Philly’s paranormal police department, has long suspected that someone’s targeting his squad. The increasingly bizarre and dangerous entities invading their city can’t be a coincidence...
  • Not a Werewolf by Madeline Kirby

    Not a Werewolf by Madeline Kirby

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When perpetual student Jake Hillebrand starts having strange dreams, no theory is too outlandish - even the possibility that he has become a werewolf...
  • An Evidence of Magic by Kris Michaels, Patricia A. Knight

    An Evidence of Magic by Kris Michaels, Patricia A. Knight

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Forty-year-old, hard bitten, foul-mouthed, homicide detective, Hiro Santos, suspects the owner of the art studio committed the gory killing. Too bad. There are other things he'd like to do to the gorgeous young man than book him for murder. Worse, his sexy suspect is certifiable. The nutcase claims he's some kind of high wizard from an alternate reality and needs Hiro's help to save their worlds...
  • Paris by Andrea Speed

    Paris by Andrea Speed

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Prequel to Prey In a world where a werecat virus has changed society, Roan McKichan, a born infected and ex-cop, works as a private detective trying to solve crimes involving other infecteds.Roan is working a frustrating stalker case, with no shortage of suspects and little solid evidence, when he comes across a startling eyewitness living in his car across the street from the scene...
  • The Bodyguard's Familiar by T.J. Nichols

    The Bodyguard's Familiar by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The son of an assassin is in need of protection...Discover the world of the Familiar Mates mm fated mates paranormal romance series. The Bodyguard's Familiar has a mind reading witch and a boar shifter who are both getting drawn back into their dangerous families, finding out they are fated mates is the last thing they need but exactly what they want...
  • Texas Charm by Lyn Gala

    Texas Charm by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Detective Zach Johnson never resented his lack of magic, although he hated that as a mundane he had no power to stop a corrupt Talent council from stealing the resources of the magical community. However, the return of the ancient ifrit guides led a blood-thirsty hummingbird to choose him as a partner...
  • Prey by Andrea Speed

    Prey by Andrea Speed

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Infected, Book One In a world where a werecat virus has changed society, Roan McKichan, a born infected and ex-cop, works as a private detective trying to solve crimes involving other infecteds. The murder of a former cop draws Roan into an odd case where an unidentifiable species of cat appears to be showing an unusual level of intelligence...
  • Creature Feature 2 by Rhys Ford, Poppy Dennison

    Creature Feature 2 by Rhys Ford, Poppy Dennison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two Men. One Apocalypse. Rise of the Revenants by Poppy Dennison Vampyres are on the loose in Detroit, and novice hunter Taz Cohen is on the job. The mission seems simple: stop the vamps. But Taz knows nothing about the mythical creatures, so he’s in for the fight of his life. Then he meets insanely attractive construction worker Darren Foster, who jumps into the battle with both feet...
  • Chasing Ghosts by Dean Cole

    Chasing Ghosts by Dean Cole

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Haunted pasts. Terrifying apparitions. Dark secrets.Quentin Strange is … well, strange. But it isn’t just his anachronistic sayings and dress sense, the fact that he’s a socially awkward, book-loving loner who’s possibly still a virgin at nearly thirty. He’s seeing and hearing things. Odd things. Ghostly things...
  • What the Frack? by Jordan Castillo Price

    What the Frack? by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s all fun and games until something blows up.Thanks to the recent explosion in Pinyin Bay, most of its residents got out while the getting was good. Not Dixon Penn. He grew up there, and from the power plant to the strip malls, the city is full of fond memories. But if the mysterious corporation that bought up the shoreline doesn’t stop drilling, memories may soon be all that remain...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  humor  fantasy  m-m  contemporary  paranormal  magic
  • Forging Ahead by Jordan Castillo Price

    Forging Ahead by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say a picture's worth a thousand words. But once in a while, you really hit pay dirt.Yuri is no stranger to pigment and brush, so he can't help but be curious when he reads about a rare piece of art discovered in Pinyin Bay—a Shul Cadfur painting rumored to be worth a million dollars...
  • Not a Zombie by Madeline Kirby

    Not a Zombie by Madeline Kirby

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jake, Petreski, and the rest are back for another installment of caffeine, snark, and a touch of romance. It’s the start of a new semester and familiar faces are popping up all over – most of them unwelcome. Jake knows Petreski’s not going to like his new study buddy and Don has a big decision to make. Jake’s mother will no longer be denied, and it’s meet the parents time...
  • Not an Elf by Madeline Kirby

    Not an Elf by Madeline Kirby

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s Jake and Boo’s first Christmas together, and they’re heading to Waxahachie to spend it with Petreski’s family. As if meeting your boyfriend’s parents isn’t nerve-wracking enough, there’s also a mob of siblings, a town full of gossips, trouble with a holiday display, and someone’s been sending poison pen letters to the local priest. Oh, and the pie is a bit of a disappointment...
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