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  • 魔道祖師 二 [Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 2] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    魔道祖師 二 [Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 2] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    趁藍忘機與薛洋纏鬥之際,魏無羨帶著一群世家少年們,跟隨著盲眼無舌的少女陰魂所發出的竹竿敲地聲一路前行,孰料他們所見到的,竟是曉星塵的屍身! 「明月清風曉星塵,傲雪凌霜宋子琛。」圍繞在薛洋、曉星塵與宋嵐之間的,是一場令人唏噓的悲劇。魏無羨透過「共情」讓少女亡靈上身,由此觀看到義城裡那一幕幕已無可挽回的悲慘過往。可此趟義城之行,雖瞭解了過去,卻也新添了疑問。那名曾偷挖屍體,現又劫走薛洋的掘墓人,究竟是誰?而那個大費周章引他們去義城之人,又是何居心?...
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    queer  fantasy  mystery  historical  m-m  length-medium  asia
  • 魔道祖師 三 [Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 3] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    魔道祖師 三 [Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 3] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    蓮花塢被滅後,存活下來的兩個少年,一個慘遭化丹,一個則被丟下夷陵的亂葬崗。可岐山溫氏並沒能繼續猖狂太久,少年之一以江氏家主的身分,聯合金、聶、藍三家展開了射日之征;而另一名少年,則以魔道之姿回歸,加入復仇的行列。 過去已成回憶,對魏無羨與藍忘機而言,眼下更要緊的,是揭開赤鋒尊死因的真相,並讓藍氏家主藍曦臣明白金光瑤私底下的陰毒手段。...
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  • 魔道祖師 四 [Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 4] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    魔道祖師 四 [Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 4] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    自亂葬崗歷劫歸來,魏無羨首次回到蓮花塢,原是滿懷興奮地向藍忘機介紹自己的成長之地,可滿腔的懷念之情,卻在江澄的一通發作下被消融殆盡。 兩人因此離開蓮花塢,前往雲萍城,欲調查當初於金光瑤密室中所發現的那份房契地契,然始料未及的是,該處竟是一間觀音廟!金光瑤又有何陰謀?且廟中大陣意圖鎮壓的,究竟是何物?...
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    queer  fantasy  m-m  mystery  historical  length-medium  asia
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Vol. 6 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Vol. 6 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 17 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...
  • He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

    He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    How much would you give to win the world?Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor.But Zhu isn’t the only one with imperial ambitions...
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    queer  fantasy  historical  f-f  high fantasy  length-long
  • 将进酒 [Qiāng Jìn Jiǔ] by Tang Jiuqing, 唐酒卿

    将进酒 [Qiāng Jìn Jiǔ] by Tang Jiuqing, 唐酒卿

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    中博六州被拱手让于外敌,沈泽川受押入京,沦为人人痛打的落水狗。萧驰野闻着味来,不叫别人动手,自己将沈泽川一脚踹成了病秧子,谁知这病秧子回头一口,咬得他鲜血淋漓。两个人从此结下了大梁子,见面必撕咬。“命运要我一生都守在这里,可这并非是我抉择的那一条路。黄沙淹没了我的手足,我不想再臣服于虚无的命。圣旨救不了我的兵,朝廷喂不饱我的马,我不愿再为此赴命。我要翻过那座山,我要为自己一战。”-The Six Prefectures of Zhongbo were ceded away in surrender to the external enemies, and Shen Zechuan was taken into custody in the capital, reduced to *a drowning dog loathed and condemned by all...
  • Remnants of Filth: Yuwu (Novel) Vol. 4 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    Remnants of Filth: Yuwu (Novel) Vol. 4 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    The wildly popular danmei/Boys' Love novel series from China set in the universe of The Husky and His White Cat Shizun !A historical fantasy epic about two war generals who were once close...until dark circumstances ripped them apart.Noble-born Mo Xi is the foremost general of Chonghua, known for his ruthless temper and ascetic air...
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    queer  fantasy  historical  length-medium
  • The Devil that Broke Us by S.C. Wilson

    The Devil that Broke Us by S.C. Wilson

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jesse McGinnis has it all—the woman she loves—two beautiful children—a successful career...
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    queer  historical  f-f  fantasy  length-long
  • Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 1 by Tang Jiuqing, 唐酒卿

    Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 1 by Tang Jiuqing, 唐酒卿

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The fan-favorite danmei/Boys’ Love novel series originally released in Chinese!In this historical tale of war and political intrigue, an intense relationship burns between the son of an infamous traitor and the vengeful nobleman who despises him...at first...
  • Pet by C.S. Pacat

    Pet by C.S. Pacat

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Pet follows the rise of Ancel at the poisonous court of Vere. Set during the events of Captive Prince...
  • 将进酒 [Qiang Jin Jiu] by Tang Jiuqing, 唐酒卿

    将进酒 [Qiang Jin Jiu] by Tang Jiuqing, 唐酒卿

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 15 ratings
    中博六州被拱手让于外敌,沈泽川受押入京,沦为人人痛打的落水狗。萧驰野闻着味来,不叫别人动手,自己将沈泽川一脚踹成了病秧子,谁知这病秧子回头一口,咬得他鲜血淋漓。两个人从此结下了大梁子,见面必撕咬。“命运要我一生都守在这里,可这并非是我抉择的那一条路。黄沙淹没了我的手足,我不想再臣服于虚无的命。圣旨救不了我的兵,朝廷喂不饱我的马,我不愿再为此赴命。我要翻过那座山,我要为自己一战。”-The Six Prefectures of Zhongbo were ceded away in surrender to the external enemies, and Shen Zechuan was taken into custody in the capital, reduced to *a drowning dog loathed and condemned by all...
  • Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu  Vol. 2 by Tang Jiu Qing, st

    Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu Vol. 2 by Tang Jiu Qing, st

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    KNOW THINE ENEMYAfter a passionate night together, Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye part the next morning as enemies. A new emperor has ascended the throne, and the court is in flux. Power and position are in reach for anyone who dares to grasp them--and Shen Zechuan will stop at nothing to pursue his ambitions...
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    queer  fantasy  historical  m-m  length-long
  • Remnants of Filth: Yuwu (Novel) Vol. 3 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    Remnants of Filth: Yuwu (Novel) Vol. 3 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    The wildly popular danmei/Boys' Love novel series from China set in the universe of The Husky and His White Cat Shizun !A historical fantasy epic about two war generals who were once close...until dark circumstances ripped them apart.Noble-born Mo Xi is the foremost general of Chonghua, known for his ruthless temper and ascetic air...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  fantasy  m-m  length-medium
  • Devil Venerable Also Wants To Know [魔尊也想知道] by Cyan Wings, 青色羽翼

    Devil Venerable Also Wants To Know [魔尊也想知道] by Cyan Wings, 青色羽翼

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In a Mary-Sue novel, the readers all liked the Devil Venerable, the second male lead who devoted himself whole-heartedly to the female lead. However the female lead only loved the male lead who abused her physically and mentally.Readers: Why doesn’t the female lead like the Devil Venerable?!Devil Venerable: This Venerable also wants to know...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  historical  m-m  humor  length-epic
  • Ballad of the Desert by Tong Hua

    Ballad of the Desert by Tong Hua

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Yu Jin is an orphan, who was raised by wolves in the desert before a Han living with a Xiongnu tribe takes her back to camp. She soon becomes friends with Xiongnu children, including Yu Dan, Yi Zhi Xie and Mu Da Duo.One year later, due to political changes, her foster father is killed. His only wish was for her to return to his hometown Chang'an, in the Han Dynasty...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  fantasy  m-m  length-short
  • Devil Venerable Also Wants To Know by Cyan Wings, 青色羽翼

    Devil Venerable Also Wants To Know by Cyan Wings, 青色羽翼

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In a Mary-Sue novel, the readers all liked the Devil Venerable, the second male lead who devoted himself whole-heartedly to the female lead. However the female lead only loved the male lead who abused her physically and mentally.Readers: Why doesn’t the female lead like the Devil Venerable?!Devil Venerable: This Venerable also wants to know...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  historical  m-m  humor  length-epic
  • Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 1 by Tang Jiu Qing, st

    Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 1 by Tang Jiu Qing, st

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 15 ratings
    SCOURGE OF A NATIONShen Zechuan is the eighth son of the traitorous Prince of Jianxing, a man who doomed his cities and people to destruction at the hands of the foreign enemy. As the only surviving member of his reviled line, Shen Zechuan bears the hatred of the nation. And no one's hate burns hotter than that of Xiao Chiye, the youngest son of the powerful Prince of Libei...
  • 女将军和长公主 | Female General and Eldest Princess by 请君莫笑

    女将军和长公主 | Female General and Eldest Princess by 请君莫笑

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    为了在乱世中活下去,为了给至亲复仇,为了给全村一百一十八口枉死的人讨回公道,林挽月拿了龙凤胎弟弟林飞星的户籍去参军,励志杀尽天下匈奴人。宫廷中皇后仙逝,留下了十六岁的长公主和八岁的太子相依为命。几位年长于太子的亲王对皇位虎视眈眈,姐弟俩的地位岌岌可危。In order to survive in troubled times; in order to revenge for the dear; in order to claim justice for all 118 people, who died undeservedly, in the village...
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    queer  f-f  historical  fantasy  war  angst  length-novella
  • 快穿之打臉狂魔 Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil by Feng Liu Shu Dai, 风流书呆

    快穿之打臉狂魔 Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil by Feng Liu Shu Dai, 风流书呆

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The top hacker was chosen by the Lord God to be reborn as hundreds of thousands of villains,Every world ended in a dead end,Every end is tragic.Finally he escaped the control of the Villain System,He decided to enact revenge, change his fate as an abused slagEven if his every bone is rotten,He’ll occupy the heights of morality, even if it’s just the surface...
  • 그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #2 by Seri, 비완

    그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #2 by Seri, 비완

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ep 11 - 23Based on a Korean folktale, two very different women find themselves making the same wish - to leave this world behind. One is Shim Chong, a young beggar living off the kindness of others to support herself and her blind father. The other is the bride-to-be of old Chancellor Jang, sold off to him for the sake of her family...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  fantasy  f-f
  • 그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #4 by 비완, Seri

    그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #4 by 비완, Seri

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Ep 36 - 44Based on a Korean folktale, two very different women find themselves making the same wish - to leave this world behind. One is Shim Chong, a young beggar living off the kindness of others to support herself and her blind father. The other is the bride-to-be of old Chancellor Jang, sold off to him for the sake of her family...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  fantasy  f-f
  • 그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #5 by 비완, Seri

    그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #5 by 비완, Seri

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Ep 45 - 55Based on a Korean folktale, two very different women find themselves making the same wish - to leave this world behind. One is Shim Chong, a young beggar living off the kindness of others to support herself and her blind father. The other is the bride-to-be of old Chancellor Jang, sold off to him for the sake of her family...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  fantasy  f-f
  • Wild Sky by Zaya Feli

    Wild Sky by Zaya Feli

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Tauran Darrica has been retired from the Valreus Sky Guard for four years following the Battle of the Broken Wings that resulted in the death of his dragon. Now, all Tauran wants to do is spend his days forgetting the past and gambling his way to an unsteady income...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  fantasy  historical  open-door  length-epic
  • Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu  Vol. 3 by Tang Jiu Qing, st

    Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu Vol. 3 by Tang Jiu Qing, st

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 9 ratings
    DESPERATE MEASURESAfter a close call with a deadly epidemic and an attempt on the emperor's life, the imperial court of Qudu is in turmoil. The emperor is determined to hold someone among the noble clans accountable, a desire Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye are prepared to use to their political advantage...
  • Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 1 (Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) #1) by Meng Xi Shi

    Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 1 (Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) #1) by Meng Xi Shi

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One dark and snowy night, after the Sui dynasty has come into power, a convoy sent by the Kingdom of Khotan is ambushed and massacred. Not a living victim remains—and the attackers, along with a chest holding precious treasure in tribute, have vanished.A member of Emperor Yang Jian’s secret intelligence agency, the Jiejian Bureau, pursues the case: the highly successful chief Feng Xiao...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  historical  length-medium
  • Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 16 by Aya Kanno

    Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 16 by Aya Kanno

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The intrigue and royal conspiracy in the Bard’s Richard III is given a dark manga twist that will appeal to aficionados of both comics and the classics.Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  fantasy  length-short
  • The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 4 by Riyoko Ikeda

    The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 4 by Riyoko Ikeda

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    France spirals towards a civil war, as nobles continue to ignore the people of France. Noblewoman Oscar François de Jarjayes is forced to reconsider her life as a soldier and a woman, her loyalties and her love. Marie Antoinette and the royal family seek escape, while Robespierre and the National Assembly take up arms and demand democracy...
  • A Spark of Death and Fury by Nicole Bailey

    A Spark of Death and Fury by Nicole Bailey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The world is on fire.But one thing burns hotter.Revenge.The high gods have fallen.The spark is gone.And chaos is the new king.Amidst a scrabble to survive, gods step up to steal Zeus’ place. The treachery they cause pushes characters' moral boundaries and forces them into one last fight for survival.A blaze of wrath may save them all or finally lead to their ruin...
  • She Who Would be King by Kim Pritekel

    She Who Would be King by Kim Pritekel

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Cateline is the seventeen-year-old daughter of a nobleman in fourteenth-century France. It's a time when children aren't seen as those to be loved and cherished, but instead are used as pawns and bargaining chips on the chessboard of control and privilege.She is married off to a prince in the country of Sursha, a Gaelic-speaking island nation near Ireland...
  • Shirewode by J. Tullos Hennig

    Shirewode by J. Tullos Hennig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Novel of Robyn Hood King of the Shire Wode. That is what they will call you... Home razed by Church edict, loved ones struck down by treachery, Rob of Loxley is left for dead. Taken by an old druid master into the deeps, Rob emerges as driven leader of a tight-knit band of outcasts, claiming the forest as their own and wielding the Horned Lord's vengeance with silent, deadly arrows...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  historical  m-m  length-medium
  • Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 2 (Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) #2) by Meng Xi Shi

    Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 2 (Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) #2) by Meng Xi Shi

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A HAUNTING IN THE DESERTRival investigators Cui Buqu and Feng Xiao embark on a diplomatic journey westward, hoping to build a key alliance that will stand against the power-hungry Eastern Khaganate...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  fantasy  m-m  military  length-medium
  • The Archer by K. Aten

    The Archer by K. Aten

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Kyri was raised a fletcher but after finding a new home and family with the Telequire Amazons, she discovers a desire to take on more responsibility within the tribe. She has skills they desperately need and she is called to action to protect those around her. But Kyri's path is ever-changing even as she finds herself altered by love, loyalty, and grief...
    Categorized as:
    queer  f-f  fantasy  historical  length-short
  • 和邪神结婚后 [After Marrying the Evil God] by 浮白曲

    和邪神结婚后 [After Marrying the Evil God] by 浮白曲

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    English title: After Marrying the Evil GodQi Baicha was the last god in the world. He lived until the modern age, where he found an ordinary person to fall in love with and marry because life was too boring.Then he really fell in love with him. Every day, he worried about what he would do when his partner got old and died...
  • Bound by Blood by Mia West

    Bound by Blood by Mia West

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’ll do anything for the man he loves.Even the unthinkable.Bedwyr has everything he could want. He’s come back from a devastating injury, and he’s a warrior again, regaining his father’s respect battle by successful battle.Best of he has Arthur. When they aren’t fighting effortlessly side by side, they’re making the most of every secret nook and shadow in the village to celebrate their victories...
  • Shell Game by Benny Lawrence

    Shell Game by Benny Lawrence

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life in a remote fishing village in the middle of a civil war is neither safe nor inspiring. So, when an opportunity comes along for village girl Lynn to be kidnapped and enslaved by Darren, a ruthless pirate queen, she takes full advantage of it. But Darren is neither as ruthless nor as piratical as she appears at first glance--and Lynn's not exactly what she seems to be, either...
  • Copper Coins [铜钱龛世 ] by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Copper Coins [铜钱龛世 ] by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It was the twenty-third year of Tianxi. Rumours traversed the streets that the all-knowing Imperial Advisor suffered a great calamity and could not help but enter seclusion to focus on cultivation. However, the commoners secretly clapped their hands and rejoiced. In the winter of the same year, a young monk appeared in the Hui Zhou Fu’s Ningyang District...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  historical  m-m  mystery  humor  horror  length-epic
  • Copper Coins [铜钱龛世 ] by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Copper Coins [铜钱龛世 ] by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was the twenty-third year of Tianxi. Rumours traversed the streets that the all-knowing Imperial Advisor suffered a great calamity and could not help but enter seclusion to focus on cultivation. However, the commoners secretly clapped their hands and rejoiced. In the winter of the same year, a young monk appeared in the Hui Zhou Fu’s Ningyang District...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  historical  m-m  mystery  humor  length-epic
  • Horatio by T.J. Klune

    Horatio by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On October 15, 1979, two men take to the road, leaving their town behind, waiting for the peanut farmer president to come onto the radio to make an important announcement about the future of all mankind. In the hours leading up to the broadcast, Jamie and Harry will look back on their relationship, and what it means to live in defiance like there's no tomorrow...
  • Stone Age Husband Raising Journal by Jué Jué, 决绝

    Stone Age Husband Raising Journal by Jué Jué, 决绝

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What should you do when the person you like is no longer loyal? Find another one!This time, in order to avoid trouble, Xiong Ye chose the weakest man in the tribe as his new companion.In any case, he can afford him!With his strength, he’ll definitely be able to let his own man eat meat every day instead of grass...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  historical  m-m  length-long
  • Heart of Sherwood by Edale Lane

    Heart of Sherwood by Edale Lane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Robyn's father and brother are killed in the Third Crusade, she is banished from her manor home and branded a traitor by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Disguised as a boy, she joins Little John and the rest of the gang in Sherwood Forest—and soon finds herself their leader.Queen Eleanor suspects Prince John is up to no good, and colluding with Sir Guy and the Sheriff of Nottingham...
  • Dayspring by Anthony Oliveira

    Dayspring by Anthony Oliveira

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A singular, stunning debut that transcends and transfigures genre—at once a bold retelling of biblical tales and an unforgettable contemporary coming-of-age story, connected in collapsing time across millennia.There are few love stories in the holy books. Love is what ruins. Love is what costs. Love is a flaming sword at our backs, a garden left to ruin and to wild...
  • Fire in the Hole by Alex Westmore

    Fire in the Hole by Alex Westmore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    queer  pirates  f-f  historical  fantasy  new adult  m-m  length-medium
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    The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  fantasy  pirates  suspense  length-long
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    The Mystic Marriage by Heather Rose Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Armistice by Lara Elena Donnelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Armistice returns to Donnelly’s ravishing 1930s Art Deco-tinged fantasy world of Amberlough with a decadent, tumultuous mixture of sex, politics, and spies...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  historical  m-m  m-f  length-long
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    The Stolen Court by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Bertin is a liar and a thief. Once an orphan on the street stealing purses, his life was forever changed when he saved a boy's life—and then became that boy to the rest of the world. But one lie always leads to another, and life as a Belemeren spy planted in the Engineer Corp has led him to the role of liaison in Ruemri, a kingdom he helped Ruemri's enemies steal...
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    How to Survive as a Villain 01 by Yi Yi Yi Yi

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Xiao Yu'an has already died once and now he's about to die again. He has been transmigrated from his life to him as a dominant CEO who liked web novels to the world of his favorite story to him...
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    The Painted Crown by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Prince Istari has spent his life reviled: his parents wish he had never been born, the royal court of Belemere avoids him for fear of angering the king, and everyone else is kept away by his notorious reputation as a deadly sharpshooter. Now a hostage of peace in Tallideth, he is subjected to their hatred as well—even that of Regent Vellem, who once considered him a comrade in arms...
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