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  • Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer

    Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 51 ratings
    Juliet Young always writes letters to her mother, a world-traveling photojournalist. Even after her mother's death, she leaves letters at her grave. It's the only way Juliet can cope.Declan Murphy isn't the sort of guy you want to cross. In the midst of his court-ordered community service at the local cemetery, he's trying to escape the demons of his past...
  • The Inadequate Heir by Danielle L. Jensen

    The Inadequate Heir by Danielle L. Jensen

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 108 ratings
    Return to the world of The Bridge Kingdom in this sensuous fantasy full of romance and intrigue that is perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Silver Flames.A soldier raised as heir to an empire, Zarrah is motivated by two truths. The first is that the Veliant family murdered her mother. And the second is that her pursuit of vengeance will put every last one of them in their graves...
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  • Bright We Burn by Kiersten White

    Bright We Burn by Kiersten White

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 45 ratings
    Haunted by the sacrifices he made in Constantinople, Radu is called back to the new capital. Mehmed is building an empire, becoming the sultan his people need. But Mehmed has a secret: as emperor, he is more powerful than ever . . . and desperately lonely. Does this mean Radu can finally have more with Mehmed . .
  • Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

    Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 28 ratings
    Let’s get one thing straight—Vanja Schmidt wasn’t trying to start a cult.After taking down a corrupt margrave, breaking a deadly curse, and finding romance with the vexingly scrupulous Junior Prefect Emeric Conrad, Vanja had one great mystery left: her long-lost birth family… and if they would welcome a thief...
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Vol. 4 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Vol. 4 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Also known as MDZS, the comic/manhua version of the New York Times bestselling novels from China that also inspired an animated adaptation and the live-action series The Untamed !Experience this historical fantasy tale of two powerful men who find each other through life and death in this English version of the beautiful, full-color comic!Feared and hated for his sinister abilities, Wei...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  fantasy  historical  mystery  high fantasy  dark  horror
  • The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage by Qian Shan Cha Ke, 千山茶客

    The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage by Qian Shan Cha Ke, 千山茶客

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The Di daughter of military lineage – pure, amiable, quiet and yielding – foolishly in love with Prince Ding, threw herself into the role of a wife.After assisting him for six years, she finally became the mother to the world (empress), and he the emperor.She accompanied him to fight for the country, to flourish the country’s territory, and even took risk to be a hostage in a foreign country...
  • Now I Rise by Kiersten White

    Now I Rise by Kiersten White

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 50 ratings
    Lada Dracul has no allies. No throne. All she has is what she’s always had: herself. After failing to secure the Wallachian throne, Lada is out to punish anyone who dares to cross her blood-strewn path. Filled with a white-hot rage, she storms the countryside with her men, accompanied by her childhood friend Bogdan, terrorizing the land. But brute force isn’t getting Lada what she wants...
  • Broken Playboy by Laura Lee

    Broken Playboy by Laura Lee

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Laura Lee, comes the sexy and heart-wrenching new standalone story set in the Windsor Academy world.They call me a player.A joker.The guy always down for a good time.But if they knew the secrets I’ve been keeping, they’d call me something else entirely.For the last two years, I’ve been buried in shame, numbing the pain with various vices...
  • Villain Era by Luna Pierce

    Villain Era by Luna Pierce

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 44 ratings
    He was once our enemy, but now he's my bodyguard.After our rival gives up the throne as my dying wish, my men trust him to keep a close watch on me and protect me from any danger that may come my way.He keeps me safe, somehow understanding the darkness that lurks inside of me. He knows it cannot be caged, and he allows me the ability to set it free when we’re alone...
  • Bad Boys Don't Fall by B.B. Easton

    Bad Boys Don't Fall by B.B. Easton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 44 Chapters About 4 Men (inspiration for the Netflix original series Sex/Life) comes an immersive romantic suspense trilogy with a dark, dystopian twist.I knew my fate the moment I surrendered. I’d seen the public executions on TV. No jury. No bail. Just a hole in the ground and a bullet between the eyes, broadcast live in high-definition...
  • Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen

    Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 10 ratings
    It's been nearly two years since Vanja brought down the cult she started, and she’s still paying the price. As the Pfennigeist, she bucks the law in order to help the desperate and haunt the corrupt all across the empire—and no matter what, she works alone.But an impossible killer is tearing through royalty, and leaving Vanja’s signature red penny on every victim...
  • King of Patriam: Outlaws by Amizah R

    King of Patriam: Outlaws by Amizah R

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The combat trials. He's going.Cassian's only qualm is that he has to do the wrong thing to do the right thing.The city's fate rests on his shoulders, but that's not what plagues his thoughts and hurries his heart.She'll never forgive him. He knows it, but he still has hope that he can claim the heart of the woman he left behind.If he makes it out alive...He left her...
  • Fearless by Lauren Roberts

    Fearless by Lauren Roberts

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 40 ratings
    Paedyn and Kai are reunited but face a terrible decision in this thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling romantic fantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and The Red Queen.Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya… And Paedyn has a life-altering choice to make. Whatever she decides will determine her fate—and the fate of those around her—forever...
  • The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

    The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The Traitor Baru Cormorant is an epic geopolitical fantasy about one woman's mission to tear down an empire by learning how to rule it.Tomorrow, on the beach, Baru Cormorant will look up from the sand of her home and see red sails on the horizon.The Empire of Masks is coming, armed with coin and ink, doctrine and compass, soap and lies...
  • The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

    The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    When August learns that his best friend, Jack, shows signs of degenerative hallucinatory disorder, he is determined to help Jack cope. Jack’s vivid and long-term visions take the form of an elaborate fantasy world layered over our own—a world ruled by the Wicker King...
  • Falls Boys by Penelope Douglas

    Falls Boys by Penelope Douglas

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 59 ratings
    The HELLBENT Series—a spin-off to the Fall Away series—is coming! “The kids are growing up—different from their parents but the same in so many ways…” ARO Hawken Trent. So polite. So sweet. Such an upstanding young man. A virgin, too, I hear. He never gets naughty with a girl. Probably because Jesus told him not to. And now here he is, trying to be the hero by protecting another girl from me...
  • War of the Cards by Colleen Oakes

    War of the Cards by Colleen Oakes

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Colleen Oakes’s twisted reimagining of the Queen of Hearts origin story comes to a thrilling conclusion in War of the Cards.Dinah has lost everyone she ever loved. Her brother was brutally murdered. The wicked man she believed was her father betrayed her. Her loyal subjects have been devastated by war. And the boy she gave her heart to broke it completely...
  • Hollow Hearts by B.C. Morgan

    Hollow Hearts by B.C. Morgan

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Harkwright Academy, the place where dreams can come true. A three year stay will award you with an education that will rival any college and enough money to aid you in whatever career you choose to take.I’m applying to give my mom the life she deserves, to fund my sister’s medical bills and so I can be sure to have the only thing I truly want...
  • The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna

    The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl holds the power to defeat the gods—but can she become one?Mere weeks after confronting the Gilded Ones—the false beings she once believed to be her family—Deka is on the hunt...
  • A Thousand Heartbeats by Kiera Cass

    A Thousand Heartbeats by Kiera Cass

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 50 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Selection series Kiera Cass is back with her most epic novel yet—a sweeping enemies-to-lovers standalone romance.“Love has a sound. It sounds like a thousand heartbeats happening at the same time.”Princess Annika has lived a life of comfort—but no amount of luxuries can change the fact that her life isn’t her own to control...
  • Conspirator by Ella Pyne

    Conspirator by Ella Pyne

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    You can escape a palace, but a curse may follow wherever you go…The gods are not happy. The king they preserved upon the throne of Viridiana is dead, a pretender sitting in his place. Until they get what they desire, their wrath will know no bounds.Leda escaped death at the hands of her sister and finally lives the independent life she always dreamed of...
  • Boy's Next Door by Kaori Yuki

    Boy's Next Door by Kaori Yuki

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Der 27-jährige Lehrer Adrian, der hinter seiner soliden und kinderlieben Fassade ein bitteres Unwesen treibt, trägt eine dunkle Vergangenheit mit sich. Lawrence, ein junger Stricher, beobachtet, wie Adrian einen anderen Strichjungen niedersticht. Am Tatort findet er einen silbernen Anhänger, den er als Indiz nutzen will, und sucht den Täter auf...
    Categorized as:
    m-m  queer  dark  contemporary  abuse  young adult  fantasy  suicide
  • Rainbow! Volume 1 by Sunny

    Rainbow! Volume 1 by Sunny

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    From Tapas Media, the same webtoon platform that brought you Magical Boy, comes Rainbow!, a new LGBTQ+ YA graphic novel series! Teenager Boo Meadows has pink hair and a very vivid imagination -- she has trouble separating from the real world. In her daydreams, she dances beautifully at balls or fights monsters as a magical girl...
  • The Teacher by Freida McFadden

    The Teacher by Freida McFadden

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 92 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge.Lesson #1: Trust no one.Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be...
  • Kingdom of Rebels and Thorns by Frost Kay

    Kingdom of Rebels and Thorns by Frost Kay

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Long live the rebellion.Tasked with infiltrating the palace was supposed to be an easy job. When Sage's plans go south and one of her own betrays her, she finds herself captured by the crown. The cruel prince of Aermia thinks he has won, but the devastatingly handsome rogue has no idea who he is dealing with...
  • It Starts with Us: Special Collector's Edition: A Novel by Colleen Hoover

    It Starts with Us: Special Collector's Edition: A Novel by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 82 ratings
    Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us. Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again...
  • One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

    One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 88 ratings
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • There's a new mystery to solve at Bayview High, and there's a whole new set of rules. The highly anticipated sequel to One of Us Is Lying !Come on, Bayview, you know you've missed this...
  • Rainbow! Vol. 1 by Sunny .

    Rainbow! Vol. 1 by Sunny .

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    From Tapas Media, the same webtoon platform that brought you Magical Boy, comes Rainbow!, a new LGBTQ+ YA graphic novel series! Teenager Boo Meadows has pink hair and a very vivid imagination -- she has trouble separating from the real world. In her daydreams, she dances beautifully at balls or fights monsters as a magical girl...
  • The Ruthless Note by Nelia Alarcon

    The Ruthless Note by Nelia Alarcon

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 44 ratings
    This cruel king won’t stop until he owns me.Dutch Cross, lead singer of The Kings, is a nightmare come to life.I fell for his amber eyes, chiseled jaw line, and crooning voice once before and it almost cost me my future.Never again.This time, I’ll be the one to make him bleed.But Dutch has no intentions of giving me the upper hand.Heartless.Ruthless.Savage...
  • The Queen Underneath by Stacey Filak

    The Queen Underneath by Stacey Filak

    Rated: 2.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Above and the Under have a tenuous truce that is shattered after the death of both their respective rulers. Gemma, the new queen of Under, must throw history aside and team up with Tollan, the heir to the Above throne, in order to take down a power that seeks to rule them all...
  • The Darkest Note by Nelia Alarcon

    The Darkest Note by Nelia Alarcon

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 56 ratings
    This cruel king won’t stop until he breaks me.Dutch Cross, lead singer of The Kings, is a monster.Don’t let his amber eyes, chiseled jaw line, and crooning voice fool you.He prowls the hallways of Redwood Prep like he owns every inch.Brutal.Untouchable.Beast.And when his golden eyes meet mine, I know I’m his next prey.The monster wants me out of Redwood...
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