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  • The Ghost and the Darkness Volume 2 by Quil Carter

    The Ghost and the Darkness Volume 2 by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    The Ghost and the Darkness Vol. 2 continues with Reaver and Elish desperately trying to find Killian and Jade. Forced to work together, they scour the northern greywastes for clues of their whereabouts. Though finding the two boys isn't as simple as following a trail. Something happened to them that no one expected...
    Categorized as:
    horror  dystopian  futuristic  m-m  fantasy  angst  paranormal  dark
  • System Overclocked 2 by Randi Darren

    System Overclocked 2 by Randi Darren

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Wrench is a Fixer.Someone born to maintain, fix, and correct any and every issue that could go wrong in the Habitat that he lives in. To make sure he and his fellow humans can remain on display and entertain their owners as any good human pet would.Or at least, that’s what he was born to be...
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  • The Suicide King Volume 2 by Quil Carter

    The Suicide King Volume 2 by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    After being broken in almost every way imaginable, it is now time for the phoenixes to emerge from the flames and take flight. The men who had become shadows of their former selves have resolved the issues that had plagued them, and now it is time to take back what they had lost...
    Categorized as:
    horror  m-m  dark  science fiction  abuse  dystopian  angst  paranormal
  • Severing Sanguine by Quil Carter

    Severing Sanguine by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    After being exiled from his only home Sami found himself alone in the greywastes at the age of seven. From then on it was just him and Barry, his old teddy bear who kept him company and didn't mind that Sami had red eyes and pointed teeth. Though Sami always longed for a real friend, someone who wasn't always telling him to hurt himself and others like Barry sometimes did...
    Categorized as:
    horror  m-m  dark  abuse  science fiction  dystopian  angst  rape
  • A Soul to Guide by Opal Reyne

    A Soul to Guide by Opal Reyne

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 109 ratings
    All Raewyn ever wanted was to go home.After accidentally creating a portal to another realm, Raewyn finds herself trapped in a world she’s struggling to navigate. Desperate to find those with magic who can help her, she sets out on a dangerous journey to another town...
  • The Suicide King  Volume 1 by Quil Carter

    The Suicide King Volume 1 by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    After months of being separated, Reaver and Killian are finally together; but their happiness is short lived. Unbeknownst to Killian, Reaver is struggling with his own inner demons, demons that threaten to not only rip Reaver apart, but their entire relationship as well.Unfortunately though, it’s not only demons they have to worry about...
    Categorized as:
    horror  m-m  dark  science fiction  abuse  dystopian  rape  angst
  • 薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許

    薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 16 ratings
    Hyperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius...
  • The Ghost and the Darkness Volume 1 by Quil Carter

    The Ghost and the Darkness Volume 1 by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    I would say that my life changed as soon as those gunshots went off, but in reality everything changed the moment Leo and Greyson loaded that decapitated body into the truck back in Donnely. Now I am in a place I do not recognize, with people I had once seen as enemies...
  • Mask of Poison by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Mask of Poison by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 20 ratings
    Darkness has come to consume the world, and only Ember knows the true depths of its horror.As a hunter, Ember’s life was spent saving humanity from the flesh-starved corpses eager to devour them. Then, a fresh evil clawed its way to the surface, leaving Ember feeling she traded one apocalypse for another.Rxa gave his life to protect his kingdom. But now he’s back, undead and untethered...
  • Silent Ground Part 2 by Quil Carter

    Silent Ground Part 2 by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    At one point in time, Sasha thought that just being told he wasn’t crazy would be good enough for him. After years of thinking he was losing his mind, being understood and accepted seemed like a pipe dream. But now, Sasha’s living with two men with abilities like him, Kheva and Kel Swift, two men who know what he’s going through. However, this lakeside house is no vacation...
    Categorized as:
    horror  m-m  dark  m-m-m  fantasy  paranormal  from hate to love  rape
  • The Queen's Bargain by Anne Bishop

    The Queen's Bargain by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    POWER HAS A PRICE. SO DOES LOVE.Return to the dark, sensual, and powerful world of the Black Jewels in this long-awaited new story in the New York Times bestselling fantasy sagaAfter a youthful mistake, Lord Dillon’s reputation is in tatters, leaving him vulnerable to aristo girls looking for a bit of fun. To restore his reputation and honor, he needs a handfast—a one-year contract of marriage...
    Categorized as:
    demons  fantasy  witches  magic  paranormal  dark  science fiction  m-f
  • After the Bees by Allison Paige

    After the Bees by Allison Paige

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    It starts when the bees die and a plague sweeps across the Earth. The immune survive only to face a greater horror: a demon-ruled world where mankind is either marked or possessed.But Leah survives. For three years, she lives on her own after fleeing the fall of her city until she meets Raum, a demon who keeps her alive and unmarked...
  • Broken World by Kate L. Mary

    Broken World by Kate L. Mary

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A story of survival and horror, friendship and prejudice, Broken World will take you on an emotional journey that will leave you wanting more! When a deadly virus sweeps the country, Vivian Thomas sets out for California in hopes of seeing the daughter she gave up for adoption. But when her car breaks down she’s faced with a choice: give up or accept a ride from redneck brothers, Angus and Axl...
  • Grave Matter by Karina Halle

    Grave Matter by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 43 ratings
    Horror Romance meets Science Fiction in this dark and delicious gothic psychological thriller by NYT bestseller Karina Halle, perfect for fans of Gothikana, Ninth House, and Mexican Gothic.Grad Student Sydney Denik is getting a second chance...
  • Sweet Violence by Leigh Kelsey

    Sweet Violence by Leigh Kelsey

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    Here’s a tip: when you fall into Hell, seduce the devil.Not that the devil needs much seducing. He’s seen all the twisted, blood-soaked things I’ve done on Earth, and he’s already obsessed with me. A little too obsessed, if you ask me. I already have four mates, and they’re more than enough trouble...
  • Hunted by the Alien Vampire by A.M. Griffin

    Hunted by the Alien Vampire by A.M. Griffin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    He refuses to die…The Hunter. When Bounty Hunter Fanian Uldri is contracted to hunt a human female for a wealthy client in a game called The Hunt, he believes it will be the easiest credits he’s ever made. An ordinary human wouldn’t stand a chance against him. Easy, right?Wrong. The human he has in mind is proving to be more than he anticipated...
  • Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

    Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 86 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Gillian McAllister has created a thriller unlike any other in this endlessly clever, twisty story of a mother who must move backward through time to prevent tragedy from striking at the heart of her family...
  • Strain by Amelia C. Gormley

    Strain by Amelia C. Gormley

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    In a world with little hope and no rules, the only thing they have to lose is themselves. Rhys Cooper is a dead man. Cut off from the world since childhood, he’s finally exposed to the lethal virus that wiped out most of the human race. Now his only hope for survival is infection by another strain that might confer immunity...
  • Warrior by Holly S. Roberts

    Warrior by Holly S. Roberts

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The electromagnetic pulses were just the beginning. In their wake came the hellhounds; vicious, relentless creatures that tried to finish what the bombs started and tore through most of humanity. Marinah lost everything when her father died. Once loyal to the Federation, she believed in their mission until their lies shattered her trust...
  • The Last Girl Scout by Natalie Ironside

    The Last Girl Scout by Natalie Ironside

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The past lies like a nightmare over the world.Two hundred years after the War when atomic fire rained from the skies and burned the world to cinders, human civilization has had time to rebuild within the burned-out husk of Old America. But the old terrors of the past still persist, and while some work to build a better world, others still dream of reclaiming the glory of the Old World...
  • The Game Warden's Mate by A.M. Griffin

    The Game Warden's Mate by A.M. Griffin

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    The Hunter. As the new Game Warden, Xrez Ym’ihla brings patrons from across the galaxy to track prey in a game built to enslave the weak and mate the strong. The business is a long running family legacy and Xrez is determined to succeed as his father had before him. He hadn’t meant to let one human occupy his thoughts, mind, and body...
  • Hunted by E.M. Raegan

    Hunted by E.M. Raegan

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    We’ve stumbled into a situation I’m not sure we’ll find our way out of. We’ve done something that may result in the end of our race across the country. Our race to safety. But safety is an elusive dream. I can’t see it or touch it. I’m not sure it exists. But what else are we to do? What else is there to reach for? The ravaged have taken over our home and threatened our survival...
  • Winter Plague  by Quinn Blackbird

    Winter Plague by Quinn Blackbird

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    If you tried to run, you know what would happen, Winter.I would hunt you down and burn the world to find you...The world has gone to shit.All that's left are a few bands of rogue survivors, more dangers than ever, those violence-loving rotters, and me and my dog, Cleo. Well, it should just be Cleo and me. And it was, until--I found them.A group of mercenaries in this plagued, wintery world...
  • Xperiment by Dan Skinner

    Xperiment by Dan Skinner

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Monsters aren't born... they're engineered. For nineteen-year-old, socially awkward Geoff Markham, the promise of a miracle pill to make him into the person he’d always wanted to be was everything he could have hoped for. At first, the experiment delivered on that promise. Geoff began to change, becoming more confident, stronger, even fearless. People began to admire him and find him attractive...
  • The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

    The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed against his will as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds that being a long-lost prince isn't what the storybooks promised.Far from living the dream, Kihrin finds himself practically a prisoner, at the mercy of his new family's power plays and ambitions...
  • Sanctuary's Warlord by Nikita Slater

    Sanctuary's Warlord by Nikita Slater

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A dystopian dark romance by International Bestselling Author Nikita Slater. Only the strongest can survive in a hostile world ravaged by a disease that turns humans into primitives. She is the Desert Wren, a rebel bent on providing safe passage to illegal refugees entering into her Sanctuary city...
  • Cruel Devotion by J.P. Sina

    Cruel Devotion by J.P. Sina

    Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    A woman forced into an engagement...Ripped from my bed, my loved ones in pieces,I'm dragged through the forest, bound in chains.Soon, I'll find where the lines of sanity blur.But I won't go down without a fight.A monster, undeserving of love...I'd once been a man, but now lived as a beast.Scouring the lands for virgins, I rarely make it home without a bite...
  • Down by Ally Blue

    Down by Ally Blue

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seven thousand meters below the ocean’s surface, the crew of the BathyTech 3 mineral mining facility has found something a rock-like sphere of unknown material and origin.For Mo Rees, the discovery calls to his inner explorer and adds color to his dull miner’s life. Even better than the promise of new knowledge is the unexpected connection he forges with Dr...
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    horror  m-m  science fiction  queer  paranormal  dark  aliens  fantasy
  • Love For My Zombie Kings by LeeSha McCoy

    Love For My Zombie Kings by LeeSha McCoy

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Five dead brothers want me, and I plan to keep them all.The dead took over the night a year ago, bringing with them terror beyond our wildest dreams. As a scientist and a specialist in DNA, I've been in the thick of it since the very beginning.Now, however, a new type of zombie has emerged.They've called it a Zed-Two.It's stronger, faster, but most importantly, part human...
  • Dante's End by Ariana Nash

    Dante's End by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 23 ratings
    Monsters are made, not born... Most called him the Jailor. Some called him a monster. If he had a name, nobody had survived meeting him long enough to tell it. They said he sat atop a mound of skulls and marked each death on his throne, like notches on a bedpost. Some tales told of how he had wings as dark as night, and of how he wore a crown of razor wire woven around four horns...
  • Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

    Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

    Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 41 ratings
    On this season of The Catch, contestants must compete for love. And their lives.When the final four women in competition for an aloof, somewhat sleazy bachelor’s heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest, they prepare themselves for another week of extreme sleep deprivation, invasive interviews, and, of course, the salacious drama eager viewers nationwide tune in to devour...
  • Beyond by Chantal Fernando

    Beyond by Chantal Fernando

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 41 ratings
    Olivia Reynolds lives a sheltered life. Daughter of the leader of their small community, she is treated like a princess, never allowed beyond the safety of the walls. When her father decides she must marry, she chooses the man she has secretly lusted after ever since she first laid eyes on him. Dane Mitchell...
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