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  • Endlessly Raphael by Mia Monroe

    Endlessly Raphael by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I was looking for a fake husband, but what I found was so much more.Something was in the air the night I walked into the club. It was like the clouds parted and there he was, the most stunning man I’d ever seen. He looked like he could be fun for a few hours, but as night turned to day, I proposed to him...
    Categorized as:
    fated-mates  monsters  paranormal  vampires  m-m  magic  fantasy  queer
  • Devil by Kat Blackthorne

    Devil by Kat Blackthorne

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 ratings
    From international bestselling author Kat Blackthorne comes the highly anticipated and epic conclusion to the worldwide sensation The Halloween Boys. Book four, Devil, is an occult reimagining of Hades and Persephone with all the Halloween charm and heart readers have come to expect from this hit series...
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  • Hunt Me by Heather Hildenbrand

    Hunt Me by Heather Hildenbrand

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    I’m at a bar trying to poison a mark like the professional I am when I see him.Straight from Tartarus, they say the shadow dragon called Legion has slayed entire armies single-handedly, and the intense way he looks at me suggests every rumor I’ve heard about him is true.I should be terrified. Instead, I’m drawn like a moth to a flame.The moment he touches me, everything changes...
  • Of Elves and Embers by Elle Madison, Robin D. Mahle

    Of Elves and Embers by Elle Madison, Robin D. Mahle

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    A princess bound in flames.A king living in shadows.A forgotten vow written in the stars.When I jetted off to Vegas for a reluctant girls’ weekend, the last thing I expected was to tumble through a portal into an alternate reality...
  • Claiming the Beast by Holly Roberds

    Claiming the Beast by Holly Roberds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’ll claw down the walls around her heart, if it’s the last thing I do.My angel of death succeeded in killing me, but I didn’t count on her bringing me back to life. My resurrection unleashed every monster and god ever slain by the Blade of Bane, including my immortal enemy...
  • Corbin's Conflict by E.C. Land

    Corbin's Conflict by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This life is a choice. One you make with or without confliction.CorbinThings are happening in my town and my county. We're split between two clubs. Rivals that share blood and a common enemy.Witches.I hate them. All of them. I have my reasons, but fate seems to have other plans. Plans I don’t care much for...
  • Craving Darkness by R. Sullins

    Craving Darkness by R. Sullins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The long awaited sequel to Lovely Darkness by USA Today Bestselling author R Sullins! Kallista had always known she was different. The shadows had always called to her. She craved to be held safe in their cool depths. To escape her parent's methods of attempting to rid her of her demons.Valen was destruction. Everything he touched crumbled. Everywhere he went, pain followed...
    Categorized as:
    fated-mates  paranormal  vampires  demons  horror  dark  witches  magic
  • Riot by R.K. Pierce

    Riot by R.K. Pierce

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    After a breakup with my ex nearly tore our band apart, I swore I'd never date another musician. Who has time for romance when they're on their first nationwide tour anyway?However, that all changes when I find myself swooning for the guitar players of Rhage, the masked metal band we're opening for...
  • Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Hot chocolate, snowflakes, jingling bells, and… monsters?That’s what Christmas has in store for you this year!Add a little spice to your holiday festivities by diving into this collection of monster-loving heroines who find love in the most unusual of places.Featuring new, original stories by:Harpie Alexa - USA Today Best Selling AuthorCassia BriarCara BryantRachel CallahanJ.E...
  • This Is Halloween by Melody Rose

    This Is Halloween by Melody Rose

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Margo was just your normal Christmas elf, and sure maybe she had a bit too much Christmas cheer, but hey, if starting to decorate for Christmas in July was wrong, she didn't want to be right.At least, until the three lords of Halloween decide to kidnap her and bring her back to Halloweenland.There’s Jack, the hopelessly sexy and tall King of Halloween, who’s harboring a monster inside of him...
  • Claimed by the Creature by Sarah Spade

    Claimed by the Creature by Sarah Spade

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    I’m used to getting all sorts of fan mail — but a spellbook? After an in incident on tour leaves me cooped up in my penthouse apartment, on vocal rest for the unforeseen future, with only my grumpy pet cat for company, I’m desperate for a distraction. At my manager’s suggestion, I do something I haven’t done in ages: I go through my fan mail...
  • His in the Dark by Willow Winters

    His in the Dark by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    There are two things I’ve always known:Magic is real.The Gods have no mercy for women like me. I was born into power although what little I have is dying. Nonetheless, I’ve been protected all my life. There are myths and tales that say one day I will come to a fork in a long, long path. Either the light will take me or the dark...
  • First Light by Liz Kerin

    First Light by Liz Kerin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    First Light, the riveting sequel to Liz Kerin’s Night's Edge, is about seizing a brighter future by confronting the shadows of our past.“I came all this way to watch you burn.”It's been nine months since the catastrophe in Tucson sent Mia fleeing from her home...
  • Shift of Morals by K. Webster

    Shift of Morals by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I found him when he was a boy.Bloody. Mangled. Near death.If I’d been a merciful alpha, I would’ve snapped his neck and ended him right then.Except, I didn’t.Something in his big brown eyes tugged at my heart strings.I kept him. Healed him. Raised him to be fierce, loyal, and brave.Now that he’s an adult, everything’s changing.He’s no longer the soft, scared beta I once thought he was...
  • Dark Flame by M.L. Philpitt

    Dark Flame by M.L. Philpitt

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    HarlowI’m the last witch of my bloodline. Since the night my parents were killed, my magick ceases to function, shadows torment me, and a stranger’s voice in my head is driving me to lose what little will to survive I’m clinging to. I’m about ready to hand myself over to the vampires who stalk me when one appears in my bedroom—one who sounds identical to the voice in my head...
  • Heart of Wrath by Effie Campbell

    Heart of Wrath by Effie Campbell

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Emily's whole life has brought her to the brink. No-one believes that a black-eyed demon killed her father, incarcerating her for her delusions instead. When he pins her to a wall and steals a kiss five years later, she falls down a dark rabbit-hole that leaves her killing the people who hurt her just to see her demonic paramour.It's a dangerous game, and she can't resist play..
  • Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta

    Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    For readers of Nightbitch and We Ride Upon Sticks, this strange and sexy novel of queer love in a small town is an unsettling reminder that the horrors of modern life are monsters ready to possess us all.In the valley at the intersection of three towering mountains sits Cadenze, an ugly, remote town with little to its name...
    Categorized as:
    monsters  queer  contemporary  horror  paranormal  f-f  fantasy  dark
  • The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

    The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 61 ratings
    Angela Carter was a storytelling sorceress, the literary godmother of Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, Audrey Niffenegger, J. K. Rowling, Kelly Link, and other contemporary masters of supernatural fiction...
  • Crossing Acheron by H.G. Birde

    Crossing Acheron by H.G. Birde

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Malachy Donovan was born human. But after waking up in a pool of his own blood, he knew that fact, which once felt so certain, had been changed forever.After being freed from imprisonment by Acheron and his elite unit of bodyguards, Malachy quickly learns the truth of his condition: he is a dhampir, a rare and powerful creature born half-human, half-vampire...
  • The Wolf King's Chosen by Milly Taiden

    The Wolf King's Chosen by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “It’s hard to believe that the agreement between myself and her father was forged so long ago. Tonight I am bringing my bride home, regardless of what anyone has to say about it.” There was a pause in the conversation. “You know, boss, there will be other people who will want to talk to and dance with Lexi tonight. It is her 21st birthday ball...
  • Bloody Bargain by Etta Pierce

    Bloody Bargain by Etta Pierce

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Ancient, enslaved, a hunger worse than death...D'abel has been trapped for centuries by the time a human woman kills his guard.And the moment he sees her, he needs her.Her flesh within his python fangs, her blood on his scales, her tongue tangled with his...He will have all of her. Her violence, her hate, and her soul.Compulsive, dangerous, a ticking time bomb..
    Categorized as:
    monsters  dark  horror  fantasy  demons  paranormal  m-f  contemporary
  • The Mole People by Kevin Landt

    The Mole People by Kevin Landt

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alone and tormented by her own mind, a young woman must confront her darkest fears, or be swallowed by them—forever.In the glittering city of Las Vegas, where fortunes are won and lost on a single roll of the dice, there exists a world unseen by the pleasure-seekers above. There, a community of outcasts can be found...
  • Jonik by April Kelley

    Jonik by April Kelley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Jonik is a very good assassin but can he be a good mate to a man who needs a gentle touch?Jonik’s new assignment should have been easy. Especially for a rare shifter like Jonik. When he sees his fated mate entering a fight ring, the situation becomes complicated. But it doesn’t matter because no one hurts his mate and lives to tell about it. Wren has been held captive for three long years...
  • Ocean of Sin and Starlight by Karina Halle

    Ocean of Sin and Starlight by Karina Halle

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 29 ratings
    PRIEST. PIRATE. MONSTER.From New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle comes Ocean of Sin and Starlight, a dark-fantasy romance with morally gray pirates and monstrous sirens, a standalone spinoff of A Ship of Bones and Teeth.I wasn’t always a monster.Once upon a time I had a family, a home, dreams...
  • Georgie by Evie Ellis

    Georgie by Evie Ellis

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    A Rockstar, Close Proximity, Sweet Omegaverse Reverse Harem Romance.I used to love being an omega until one night changed my life.I’m Georgie, an omega in hiding, and I still fear the hunt that started seven years ago—the pursuit they told me I would never win. But it doesn’t stop me from wishing for the day my bonded alpha will come and rescue me...
  • Threading Carefully by Ashlynn Mills

    Threading Carefully by Ashlynn Mills

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Lonely and bored with life, I was talked into going on a trip to the Monster world.I planned on seeing new things and visiting places different from what I'm used to, but I never planned on him.Nova wasn't like the others of his kind or anything like me. He was a combination of several humans but didn't think like one or share the same experiences...
    Categorized as:
    monsters  m-m  suspense  paranormal  fantasy  queer  rape  length-short
  • Baby by J.K. Accinni

    Baby by J.K. Accinni

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A gripping psychological thriller on the inherent greed and evil of man, dooming the planet...
  • Those Savage Stars by Cameo Renae

    Those Savage Stars by Cameo Renae

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    As an infant, I was abandoned on the steps of a church. My childhood was spent in an abusive foster home. At nineteen, I killed someone.Not long after, three men in black cloaks kidnap me and whisk me through a magical portal to a world I never knew existed. A world they say is my home. But the enchanting realm of Celestria is in turmoil...
  • Outcast Island by Jennifer Thorn

    Outcast Island by Jennifer Thorn

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They’re hunting me.And I didn’t even get a chance to run.But it doesn’t mean I won’t bite.When I was sold into slavery, I made sure I wasn’t worth bedding. I bit. I fought. I made such a snarl of things, they drugged me to try and calm me down.They would have eventually won, had I not been rescued.Silly me, thinking that was the end of it.Of course I would crash land on an island...
  • Baneful Magick by Suki Rose

    Baneful Magick by Suki Rose

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Greywood Conservatory for the Arcane.Welcome Home.No one really understood my obsession for poison and deadly plants, so when I was offered a spot at Greywood Conservatory, I thought I'd found acceptance.I should have remembered appearances can be deceiving.The professor who delivered my invitation haunts my thoughts...
  • The Monster Beneath by D. Dove

    The Monster Beneath by D. Dove

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Jamie has been working so, so hard to save up the money needed to move out of his abusive mother’s house. He’s tired of being screamed at, having things thrown at him, and having to hide under his bed at night to avoid his mother and her boyfriend of the week.When Jamie comes across a beautiful apartment for a steal, he leaps at the chance to make it his own...
  • Taken by the Kingpin by Winter Sloane

    Taken by the Kingpin by Winter Sloane

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Carver: A decade ago, an angel made the worst mistake of her life. Yasmin saved a monster. The broken man she knew has become the most feared man in the city. And I’m done waiting. Her pathetic excuse of a father owes me a shitload of money and I intend to collect her as payment. The moment I saw her, I knew what she was. Mine. Yasmin: I wasted my entire life cleaning after my father’s messes...
  • The Demon Next Door by Chace Verity

    The Demon Next Door by Chace Verity

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Mollie Bennett plans every detail of her life, but somewhere along the way, life stopped following her plans. Recently divorced and left to raise her young son alone, nothing about her forties is the way she thought it would be. And her unplanned life becomes more unpredictable when she discovers the hot, single dad next door is actually a demon...
  • Her Ex-Boyfriend's Werewolf Lover by Cassie Alexander

    Her Ex-Boyfriend's Werewolf Lover by Cassie Alexander

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I loved Vincent and he loved me. Undoubtedly, incontrovertibly, with the fire of a thousand suns.But before me? He loved Max. The man who broke his heart, and the reason he had a wolf print tattooed upon his chest.I didn’t expect Vincent to get gunned down, but Vincent knew he was in danger -- and he knew only one man could save me from dying too...
  • Loving a Vampire Is Total Chaos by Aura Hayes

    Loving a Vampire Is Total Chaos by Aura Hayes

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 55 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...
  • Keeping Her Close by Luna Knight

    Keeping Her Close by Luna Knight

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AndreaI committed treason.Now I'm on the run from my old pack, denying my wolf her freedom in the process. Unsure of what my next move will be, I fall into this new life. That is, until he enters my life and makes me question everything. Now I have to know...will I see him again? And why does he affect me the way he does?DamienI was sent here on a job.To hunt down a woman and erase her...
  • The Hungering Dark by Adrian Blue

    The Hungering Dark by Adrian Blue

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Travel vlogger Amelia Sinclair's dream expedition to Antarctica turns into her darkest nightmare when she falls into a crevasse and encounters something ancient and inhuman beneath the ice. Marked and claimed by a creature that defies explanation, she finds herself torn between revulsion and a forbidden desire that consumes her very soul...
  • Creation's Captive by Melody Joanne

    Creation's Captive by Melody Joanne

    Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    The day I started seeing ghosts - my life went to shit. Too bad the Fates don’t hand out gift receipts because respectfully, I’d like a refund. Unfortunately, those meddlesome hags aren’t even close to being done with me.A powerful, destructive creature is on the prowl and threatens the existence of the universe. The only way to stop the creature is with equal destructive power...
  • Three Words by Kitty Thomas

    Three Words by Kitty Thomas

    Rated: 3.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I am their pleasure toy, their plaything. I have no choice but to obey. When the gag comes out, I'm only allowed three words: "Thank you, Master".This title is available exclusively on the author's website...
  • Claimed by the Demon & Dragged to Hell by Harpie Alexa

    Claimed by the Demon & Dragged to Hell by Harpie Alexa

    Rated: 3.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Looking for a short, anti-hero romance?She's his to take, his to rule and his to claim. And he will.AmySomething's wrong with me. Something deep, dark and terrible. It leaves me feeling hollow and stranded in madness. I'm desperate for passion. Desperate for release. But endless lonely nights is all I have.That is...until he arrives.Leviathus. A demon. A king of the underworld...
  • Fear: a Terrifying Love Story by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Fear: a Terrifying Love Story by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 18 ratings
    I have always loved fear. And now I know it loves me back.My whole life has been defined by fear. It’s what’s driven everything I’ve ever done. It’s why I’m a firefighter. It’s why I sneak into abandoned buildings. It’s why I drive a motorcycle way too fast...
  • Bond by Darcy Rose

    Bond by Darcy Rose

    Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Apparently rejecting me was not enough heartache to put me through. All I’ve ever wanted was to have a peaceful life. Why can’t he just leave me alone and go back to his precious pack? He wants me to embrace the bond between us, but I’m not ready to forgive him for what he did, and part of me thinks I never will...
  • Lich's Love by Celeste King

    Lich's Love by Celeste King

    Rated: 3.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My mate is up for sale… And I won’t let anyone else have her. My cold heart awakens at the sight of Vanessa… Something I never thought possible. It can only mean one thing. I must have her. There is no other option. She’s mine. She might be damaged… But I’m the only one that can fix her. I’ll be her shield. Her protector. The one that can make her whole. No one will ever touch her again...
  • Wild Moon by C.R. Jane, Mila Young

    Wild Moon by C.R. Jane, Mila Young

    Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    REAL WOLVES BITE... I was taught my whole life about the importance of true mates, how when you find that one wolf for you, everything falls into place. Everyone who taught me that was a liar. When I found my true mate, happily ever after sure as hell didn’t start, but hell definitely began. I ran away, and now I’ve been searching for peace for weeks as I drive around the country...
  • Dare Me by Felicity Brandon

    Dare Me by Felicity Brandon

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    One Commanding Demon.One struggling mortal.An obsession that will change them both forever.She's a hungry artist. I'm a powerful demon.My fixation is as strong as I am.If I take her, there'll be consequences.But she'd be mine.Entirely.For eternity.She'll paint for me while I master her enchanting beauty.I'll let her bewitch me and damn the aftermath...
    Categorized as:
    monsters  paranormal  dark  demons  fantasy  bdsm  magic  menage
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