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  • The Keeper of Bees by Gregory Ashe

    The Keeper of Bees by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Emery Hazard has pretty much everything under control. He and his fiancé, John-Henry Somerset, are more in love than ever, despite the stress of wedding preparations hanging over them. His business as a private investigator is growing. He’s even enjoying time with his growing circle of friends...
  • Tank by Daphne Loveling, Troy Duran

    Tank by Daphne Loveling, Troy Duran

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    7 hours, 2 minutesSometimes life comes at you like a freight train.One moment, my only priorities are my bike, my club, and my freedom.The next, my ex dumps a little girl off on my doorstep, with a note saying she’s mine. Then, everything goes to hell in the MC, when an unknown element blows up a rival club and starts coming for us...
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  • Damaged by Sheridan Anne

    Damaged by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 45 ratings
    Play with fire; you’ll get burned.Play with me; I’ll get even.Dynasty came roaring into my life, bringing four of the most incredibly delicious men I’ve ever laid my eyes on, but along with it came a life that I was never expecting.This world is filled with corruption. There are secrets and lies around every corner...
  • Police Brutality by Gregory Ashe

    Police Brutality by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    For the first time in a long while, Emery Hazard’s life is good. His new business as a private detective is taking off. Things are good at home. He loves his boyfriend, John-Henry Somerset; he loves their daughter. He might even love the new friends they’ve found. There’s only one problem: Somers has been talking about marriage...
  • Killing Stalking 5 by Koogi

    Killing Stalking 5 by Koogi

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    CAUGHT BETWEEN PLEASURE AND PANICAfter their trip to the police station and an intimate night together, Sangwoo decides he wants to know more about Bum. Their ensuing conversation leads to a trip to the amusement park and a night of drinking and sex. This new phase of their warped relationship teeters between thrilling and unnerving, leaving Bum overjoyed one moment and panicked the next...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  dark  suspense  abuse  length-medium
  • The Elite Kings Boxset Vol. II by Amo Jones

    The Elite Kings Boxset Vol. II by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Elite Kings books 1-5MADSHIPMadison + BishopThe Silver SwanThe Broken PuppetTacet a MortuisNATILNate + TillieMalum: Part 1Malum: Part 2Riddle me this..
  • Loathing You by Amina Khan

    Loathing You by Amina Khan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 31 ratings
    Hate. Detest. Despise. These words were the only way that Adaline and Juliette could possibly describe their relationship, or lack thereof.Adaline would argue that this is because a certain she-devil has been making her life hell for the last five years...
  • Make You Mine by Shantel Tessier

    Make You Mine by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Dax's story from Make You Beg: A Dark High School Bully...
  • Unholy Bonds  by Maya Raine

    Unholy Bonds by Maya Raine

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three serial killers connected by an unholy thread, tangled in a twisted chase for revenge and blood. In this game of hunters, who will become the ultimate prey?***He is every sin she wants to commit. Yara West spends her day as a Medical Examiner. At nights, she dons the mask of a twisted killer to satiate the demons in her head...
  • Ominous: Book II by K.V. Rose

    Ominous: Book II by K.V. Rose

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ominous Book II...
  • Dare Series Collection by Shantel Tessier

    Dare Series Collection by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Are you ready to swim with the sharks?I DARE YOUWhat do you do when the devil has you in his sights?You show him that you can play his game.Austin Lowes is new to town. She's running from a mom who hates her to her dad who cares nothing about her. Only a few months and she will be free, or at least, that's what she hopes ... until she meets him.Cole Reynolds is the devil disguised as a man...
  • The Innocent by C.J. Bishop

    The Innocent by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Clint and the boys “clean house” after discovering a small dangerous operation of child sex traffickers, they find themselves pulled into a nightmare of unparalleled proportions where children are nothing but “merchandise” and the depth of depravity and abuse reaches beyond human comprehension. Note: This is an M/M romance and should be read by readers 18yo and above only...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  dark  contemporary  length-long
  • Twisted Fate by R.E. Bond

    Twisted Fate by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 35 ratings
    Even though people fear me, it doesn’t stop any of their torment.I’d always just existed and walked alone, until now.Now? Now I belong.Just because I’d learned to kill, doesn’t mean the Bloody Psychos trust me.Skeeter’s got his work cut out, trying to keep his boss from killing me.Well, the asshole can try.My trigger finger’s getting itchy, and I have a problem controlling it...
  • Pacific Prep: A Dark Academy Reverse Harem by R.A. Smyth, Michelle Lancaster

    Pacific Prep: A Dark Academy Reverse Harem by R.A. Smyth, Michelle Lancaster

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ⭑⭒⭑ A TOP 100 AMAZON BESTSELLING SERIES ⭑⭒⭑My name is Hadley Parker, and today I take control of my life.Today I start school at Pacific Prep.This is my new lease on life, and I won’t be wasting it.I need this, now, more than ever.I need the education, the promise of a future that I wouldn’t get anywhere else.These rich kids don’t like me though...
  • Torian by Eden Summers

    Torian by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From International bestselling author, Eden Summers, comes a seductive forbidden romance destined to leave you breathless. I fell for the enemy.A man whose actions resemble the devil so closely it frightens me.We were meant to hate each other.To despise and detest.But his appeal is so much greater than the playboy smile and body built for sin.What I'm doing is wrong.What I'm feeling is immoral...
  • THE COWBOY GANGSTER: The Complete 5 Books Series by CJ Bishop

    THE COWBOY GANGSTER: The Complete 5 Books Series by CJ Bishop

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Only $0.99 or FREE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED Enjoy the complete COWBOY GANGSTER series in this bundle. All 5 books included: BOOK 1 - Shot Through the Heart BOOK 2 - Gunnin' For Love BOOK 3 - Outlaws of Love BOOK 4 - Wanted Hearts BOOK 5 - Beneath the Bullets & Blood Clint “The Cowboy” Maddox is a force to be reckoned with...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  dark
  • Innocence Lost by C.J. Bishop

    Innocence Lost by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Axel and Kane’s families and friends struggle to adjust to the men’s absence, each consumed by fear of what has become of them as they search for clues that will identify the abductors...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  suspense  dark  length-novella
  • In This Small Spot by Caren J. Werlinger

    In This Small Spot by Caren J. Werlinger

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Here, the true you is most often magnified, for better or for worse.” Abbess TheodoraIn a world increasingly connected to computers and machines but disconnected to self and others, Dr. Michele Stewart finds herself drowning in a life that no longer holds meaning...
    Categorized as:
    queer  f-f  contemporary  angst  dark  length-medium
  • Wind Dancer by K.C. Luck

    Wind Dancer by K.C. Luck

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If the lights go out forever, can love survive?Darkness still prevails throughout the world but in Astoria, Chief of Police Taylor Barnes has everything under control. There is only one more thing she wants to do—marry the always challenging Jackie Scott...
  • Come Back To Me by Emily Catlow

    Come Back To Me by Emily Catlow

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The life they've only ever dared to dream about is almost in Madison and Dean's hands.When a new player comes on the scene, Dean must move Rippers MC into new ventures to ensure peace is maintained with their rival club, the Sodom Saviours.Before any business is conducted though, threats are made, and trust between all parties is suddenly fraught...
  • Angel of Darkness: An Italian Mafia romance by Stephanie Amaral

    Angel of Darkness: An Italian Mafia romance by Stephanie Amaral

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Blood runs thicker than water, mine thicker than most. But my heritage weighs heavily on my sense of self, a misfit in a circle of Men of Honor.A Mafia princess without a crown. A queen without a reign.Great lessons come from ruin, as unraveled truths and shattered illusions break me beyond repair.But from ruin came bold decisions...
  • Jealousy, Vol. 5 by Scarlet Beriko

    Jealousy, Vol. 5 by Scarlet Beriko

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The prequel to the popular yakuza rom-com Fourth Generation Head: Tatsuyuki Oyamato!A yakuza head finds himself ensnared in the unwavering attentions of a sometimes impetuous but always cunning schemer. If being yakuza doesn’t get him killed, his new lover just might!Akitora chases after Matsumi, who’s in possession of his son and Uichi...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  mafia  dark  length-short
  • Moonlight - Screenplay by Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney

    Moonlight - Screenplay by Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Moonlight is a 2016 American drama film directed by Barry Jenkins and written by Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, based on the previously unpublished play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by McCraneyA timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  dark  racism  length-novella
  • Crashing Hearts by K.A. Knight

    Crashing Hearts by K.A. Knight

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Pine Valley is a school that’s both rich in history and legacy, and it’s once more opening its doors to another year of students.Skylar Warren owns the streets of Pine Valley and everybody in it. From cars to people, there is nothing he wants that he can’t get—until now...
  • Ignite Me by R.E. Bond

    Ignite Me by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 29 ratings
    We’re going to be okay. We’re broken, but we’ll rebuild. If we can all get along, long enough to deal with this shit. Who decides to get involved with so many guys and thinks it’s going to be smooth sailing? Spoiler alert, it’s not. The guys are totally going to start killing each other soon. Lukas and Jensen can’t seem to figure their relationship out...
  • Savage by Caitlyn Dare

    Savage by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A new dark romance from the bestselling author of the Rebels at Sterling Prep series.No one knows the code of the Sinners MC better than me.Born and raised in the club, I’ve spent most of my life rebelling against my daddy’s strict rules and overprotective nature.When an old MC rivalry resurfaces, I find myself with not one, but two surly biker babysitters...
  • Devil by Silvia Violet

    Devil by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A Dark Mafia Romance Devil is a mobster with a dangerous secret... There's a cop who hates him. A cop he caught and released. A cop he can't get out of his mind after the one forbidden night they shared...
  • Kiss Your Scars by Avril Ashton

    Kiss Your Scars by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Being the king of Atlanta’s underworld used to have its perks, but lately all undercover agent Renzo Vega has seen is the downside. Someone is auctioning off women in his city, and he’s damn sure not about to let that offense stand. Just as he’s set to make a move, Renzo’s club is ambushed and he’s shot. Unsure of who to trust, he turns to the one man he definitely knows wants him dead...
  • The Wild Charge by Lauren Gilley

    The Wild Charge by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A storm is brewing, and the Lean Dogs find themselves in the center of it. What at first seemed like a routine clash with a cartel proves to be part of a much more sinister - and more powerful - operation than any of them expected. The Dogs have a choice: back out now, play dumb...or go full-on vigilante. Tennyson Fox has a new name, a new home, a new family..
    Categorized as:
    queer  bikers  dark  contemporary  m-m  length-epic
  • Outlaws of Love by C.J. Bishop

    Outlaws of Love by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Axel didn’t know life could be a sweet mixture of loving family and passionate romance. Though rough around the edges and sporting a gruff exterior, Clint – “the cowboy" –has proven to be much more than meets the eye. Wrapped in his arms, Axel is privy to a side of the cowboy that few –if any –have ever glimpsed, and he can no longer deny that he is falling in love with the man...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  dark  abuse  length-medium
  • Andrei by Nicole Fox

    Andrei by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She thinks she owns me. She’s never been more wrong. My second-in-command sold me out.Stabbed me in the back.Betrayed me to our sworn enemies.Now, I’m the prisoner of the Irish mob.Their don wants to beat me down.But his daughter would rather tie me up.Jamie buys me off the auction stage to star in her pet photography project.“The Beast,” she calls me. A fitting title...
  • Jaded Devil by Nicole Fox

    Jaded Devil by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’LL SHOW HER WHAT A DEVIL DOES WHEN AN ANGEL FALLS INTO HIS LAP.I met her the day I killed her father.She stood there, soaked in his blood, and swore she’d make me pay when the time was right.Twenty years later, that day has come.She’s beautiful now.A dark temptation I never expected.But Renata Lombardi is in far over her head.Because she thinks this is a game of kill or be killed.She’s wrong...
  • Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I never wanted this. Never asked for any of it. The corrupted, chaos of the past is playing catch-up with the present and nothing is as it seems. Everyone wants something. Me? All I want is the truth. I thought this was the end, but it turns out it’s only the beginning. The basis for a much darker twist of fate. Secrets are starting to unravel; relationships have grown fractured...
  • Savage Beauty by Rosa Milano

    Savage Beauty by Rosa Milano

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    : an enemies-to-lovers mafia...
  • Happy Krampus Xmas & The Meet Not Cute: Two Xmas Novellas by Paulina Ian-Kane

    Happy Krampus Xmas & The Meet Not Cute: Two Xmas Novellas by Paulina Ian-Kane

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    -Happy Krampus XmasHappy Krampus Day!Krampus who? Santa’s evil brother, duh.The horned demon sort of cursed me, and I need to find a way to appease him.Otherwise, I won’t be able to proceed with my donor initiation: blood, torture, death, screams—not in that order.All I need is to follow my three-step groveling plan...
  • Pretty When He Bleeds by Avery Collins

    Pretty When He Bleeds by Avery Collins

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Roman Bishop hides his pain behind bruises and penalties, using the ice to escape the ghosts of his past. But when Damon Ward, the brooding, tattooed art major with a grudge and a sharp tongue, returns to campus, Roman’s carefully constructed world begins to crack.Damon is Caleb’s brother—the boy Roman loved and lost in the most devastating way possible...
  • Valetti Crime Family: Those Boys Are Trouble by Willow Winters

    Valetti Crime Family: Those Boys Are Trouble by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Five steamy, contemporary romance books.One binge worthy collection.Valetti Crime Family includes all five of the full-length, standalone romances from the Valetti Mafia series, featuring filthy-mouthed, possessive bad boys. Happily Ever Afters and no cliffhangers...
    Categorized as:
    from hate to love  bdsm  dark  mafia  angst  length-epic
  • Court High: The Complete Series by Eden O'Neill

    Court High: The Complete Series by Eden O'Neill

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A town full of secrets. A dark elite.A girl who crossed the wrong king.They call them the Court, an elite boys club who rule Windsor Preparatory Academy like gods among men. And, of course, they're led by Hercules himself.Royal Prinze--yes, that's actually his name--walks around both the school and the town like he owns them. His affiliation to the prestigious Court only gives him more clout...
  • Violent Promises by A.R. Breck

    Violent Promises by A.R. Breck

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Violent Promises is the final book in the Blackridge series!When one reckless decision and a possessive heart lead to an inescapable debt...Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I’d be at the mercy of a man who only wanted one thing, my death.With each passing hour, my growing despair wars with my murderous blood...
  • Demon by Joel Abernathy

    Demon by Joel Abernathy

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Falling in love with an obsessive serial killer was the last thing on my to-do list.I was born into a world of villains, so it came as no great surprise when my brothers fell for the most twisted monsters of all. A sociopathic fixer. A psycho sadistic cop whose name belongs in the dictionary next to corruption.Maybe I’m the one who’s crazy, thinking I could have any semblance of a normal life...
  • Deceitful Truths by A.R. Breck

    Deceitful Truths by A.R. Breck

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Kidnapped. Broken. Hopeless.Confined into a dark, abandoned basement with nothing but the clothes on my back.There's no escaping obsession, especially one honed by a serial killer who's bound and determined to call me his. Forever.Every day grows more dire with death circulating my existence.I believe all hope is lost until I'm saved by my own monster, the man who enslaves my soul...
  • Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Hard partying trust fun baby Griffin Fiske wakes up after a hard night with a King's boots on his chest and gets an invitation he can't refuse...This Original Sinners short story takes place approximately six years before The Siren...
    Categorized as:
    queer  bdsm  contemporary  m-m  dark
  • Stranger on the Shore by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Stranger on the Shore by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Quinn Harper is living the life she always wanted. She’s well-liked and respected by everyone and has been a success in life with awards to prove it. She spends her free time running along the shore, returning to her quiet home on the beach.It was almost the perfect life, but there was one thing missing: Love...
    Categorized as:
    queer  f-f  dark  angst  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Firm by Erin Mc Luckie Moya

    The Firm by Erin Mc Luckie Moya

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Josh and Raquel have known each other for years - The Society placing them in the same circles, each watching the other as they grow into someone that sparked their attention.It was no surprise when The Society paired them together, slating them as a match for the breeding program. But the more Raquel discovers about The Society, the faster she backpedals from them and Josh...
  • My Cruel Lover by T.L. Smith

    My Cruel Lover by T.L. Smith

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My heart has been broken, torn to shreds.I’m used to the game of pain.Basically, I’m acquainted with it.Some would say I’ve become immune.That is…… until him.He’s cruel, hard, and everything I should stay away from.For one, he is my boss.Second, well, I can’t stay away.But in this game of life, maybe pain is my love.Or maybe I’m not seeing things clearly...
  • THE TEST: Secret Society Dark Romance by Elena Monroe

    THE TEST: Secret Society Dark Romance by Elena Monroe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I woke up to my roommate and best friend missing. In her place was a note on my bedside table that read: You can only find me with your eyes closed.No one thinks a note like that is meant for them. I knew it was meant for me, a clue, a way to seek Justice. Whoever left me that note was hoping I didn’t let my parent’s legacy die when they did...
  • Reinventing Us by Ann Lister

    Reinventing Us by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alex-Zander Metcalf knew his life would always be filled with twists and turns, especially living in the public eye while playing the role of front man for his band Ivory Tower. That's what made life interesting and he loved every aspect about his job in the music world. Living in a long-term polyamorous relationship with a husband and a wife also created a fair amount of ups and downs...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  m-m  dark  length-medium
  • Caged in Fire by Amy Thorn

    Caged in Fire by Amy Thorn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ISAACThere are enemies all around and I'm in the hands of the worst ones my club has ever faced. They plan to sell me as punishment for what Thanatos has done to them and caught up in the cross fire, I have no idea if I'm going to survive long enough to see the man I love again. I have to keep fighting, despite the darkness that's swallowing me whole...
    Categorized as:
    queer  suspense  m-m  dark  length-short
  • The Traitor and the Fighter by Alice Winters

    The Traitor and the Fighter by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    KaiI’d sworn I’d never be part of the Chromes gang again or let Sawyer, their leader, control me once more. Yet an impossible choice has me returning to the crime-ridden city of Asylum, where I’m faced with James, the man I was hoping never to see again...
  • Rivals by Ashton Brooks

    Rivals by Ashton Brooks

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    RileyReign Thorn was my best friend turned enemy. But we both know this thing between us is more than just a rivalry.I remember the exact day Reign and I ended our childhood friendship. One terrible accident, and I was to blame.That same year, everything fell apart while my friendship with Reign became a rivalry of epic proportions...
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