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  • Phantom by Susan Kay

    Phantom by Susan Kay

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    "Phantom of the Opera fans no longer need to ponder what was in Erik's past, as Kay has created one for him in this deeply moving, poignant story. . . This sad, but beautiful, novel will be especially popular with [those] who have enjoyed the current musical . . . " – School Library Journal “A MUST READ! Haunting and riveting...
  • 余污 [Yu Wu] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, 肉包不吃肉

    余污 [Yu Wu] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, 肉包不吃肉

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The traitor Gu Mang returned to his home kingdom again. Everyone rejoiced in his banishment. It was said the one who hated him most was his closest friend – the cold and stoic Young Master Mo. A rumour: Young Master Mo prepared three hundred and sixty-five methods of torture to try on Gu Mang, enough to play with him for a year without repetition...
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  • When The Crows Cry by Andy Lee Barnes

    When The Crows Cry by Andy Lee Barnes

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Born with dark powers inside, I am forced to keep them hidden. If anyone finds out about what I am, my entire family will be slain. And I will lose Fallon. The man I’ve fallen irrevocably in love with. After suffering horrific torture at the hands of King Northbert of Guerra, Sapherone struggles to forget about the horror and adapt to her new life in Krysland...
  • A Treacherous Trade by Kerrigan Byrne

    A Treacherous Trade by Kerrigan Byrne

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 13 ratings
    “Forgive me…for I have sinned. ”. And nothing interrupts a good confession like a murder. Fiona Mahoney stands in the ashes of her hopes facing her tempting adversary, Inspector Grayson Croft. Her sins are about to spill from her lips, when he says the one thing that could dispel all thoughts of revelation or redemption...
  • 약탈혼 2 [Yagtalhon 2] by Saha, 사하

    약탈혼 2 [Yagtalhon 2] by Saha, 사하

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    결혼식을 앞두고 유서를 작성했다. 첫날밤을 치른 후 죽어버릴 것이기 때문이었다. 평생 나라를 위해, 그리고 왕실을 위해 헌신한 왕녀의 비참한 최후였다. 목숨을 내버리기 전에, 레아는 왕실을 향한 마지막 복수를 계획했다. 순결하지 못한 새신부가 되는 것이었다. “왜 첫 경험을 내다버렸지? 도망치고 싶진 않나? ”. “나는…… 죽고 싶어. ”. 하룻밤 상대이기에 충동적으로 털어놓은 말이었다. 그렇게 끝날 인연이라고 생각했다. 전혀 생각지도 못한 곳에서 다시 만나기 전까지는. 그는 질서정연하던 일상을 침식해나갔다. 위험한 관계임을 알면서도, 레아는 그를 거부할 수 없었다. 도대체 저 남자는 무슨 생각을 하고 있는 것일까. “기억 안 나? ”. 남자는 사납게 웃으며 말했다. “내가 네 인생 망쳐주겠다고 했잖아...
  • A Taste for Poison by Aleksandr Voinov

    A Taste for Poison by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Even a king gets stung when he reaches for a scorpion. After barely surviving an assassination attempt, King Adrastes is a changed man—one who mistrusts even his allies and friends. He readies his Empire for war against an enigmatic enemy, the Elder of Vededrin, but not everyone approves...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-m  fantasy  military  historical  queer  dark
  • Lying with Scorpions by Aleksandr Voinov

    Lying with Scorpions by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If you lie with scorpions, you’d better have a taste for poison. Now that Kendras’s lover Adrastes has claimed the throne of Dalman, Kendras is tangled deeper than ever in politics and intrigue. As the new leader of the Scorpions and Adrastes’s one true friend, he and his men stand between Adrastes and those who wish him dead. And many do...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-m  fantasy  military  historical  queer  dark  war
  • Moss Forest Orchid by Shari L. Tapscott

    Moss Forest Orchid by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 17 ratings
    This is a previously-published edition - ASIN: B06WVJ5BV3. What happens when a feisty adventuress, a lord looking to make his own way in the world, and a handsome sea captain set out to find Kalae's rarest and most valuable flower? Trouble—and lots of it. Lucia needs a job, and she needs one fast. Looting dragon hordes hasn't proven profitable lately, and she's tired of waiting tables...
  • 약탈혼 3 [Yagtalhon 3] by Saha, 사하

    약탈혼 3 [Yagtalhon 3] by Saha, 사하

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    결혼식을 앞두고 유서를 작성했다. 첫날밤을 치른 후 죽어버릴 것이기 때문이었다. 평생 나라를 위해, 그리고 왕실을 위해 헌신한 왕녀의 비참한 최후였다. 목숨을 내버리기 전에, 레아는 왕실을 향한 마지막 복수를 계획했다. 순결하지 못한 새신부가 되는 것이었다. “왜 첫 경험을 내다버렸지? 도망치고 싶진 않나? ”. “나는…… 죽고 싶어. ”. 하룻밤 상대이기에 충동적으로 털어놓은 말이었다. 그렇게 끝날 인연이라고 생각했다. 전혀 생각지도 못한 곳에서 다시 만나기 전까지는. 그는 질서정연하던 일상을 침식해나갔다. 위험한 관계임을 알면서도, 레아는 그를 거부할 수 없었다. 도대체 저 남자는 무슨 생각을 하고 있는 것일까. “기억 안 나? ”. 남자는 사납게 웃으며 말했다. “내가 네 인생 망쳐주겠다고 했잖아...
  • The Moral Dilemma by Veronica Lancet

    The Moral Dilemma by Veronica Lancet

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The riveting conclusion to the War of Sins Series! More secrets come to light in this stunning conclusion to Raf and Noelle's story. The events of the hacienda still haunt both lovers. Can they move past the tragic revelations?
  • Keeper of Pleas by Annelie Wendeberg

    Keeper of Pleas by Annelie Wendeberg

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On December 10, 1880, Coroner Sévère makes a gruesome discovery: nine newborns, buried in flowerpots, and hidden in plain sight in Whitechapel. A mortician receives the bodies and vanishes. Clues for the two seemingly unconnected cases are scarce...
  • The German by Lee Thomas

    The German by Lee Thomas

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At the height of World War II, a killer preys on the young men of a quiet Texas town. The murders are calculated, vicious, and they are just beginning. Sheriff Tom Rabbit and his men are baffled and the community he serves is terrified of the monster lurking their streets. The only clues the killer leaves behind are painted snuffboxes containing notes written in German...
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    mystery  suspense  historical  m-m  war  fantasy  dark  queer
  • The German by Lee Thomas

    The German by Lee Thomas

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Set during the height of World War II, The German examines the effect a series of ritualistic murders has on a small, Texas community. A killer preys on the young men of Barnard, Texas, leaving cryptic notes written in German. As the panic builds all eyes turn toward a quiet man with secrets of his own, who is trying to escape a violent past. Ernst Lang fled Germany in 1934...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  historical  m-m  war  fantasy  dark  queer
  • The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal

    The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable historical thriller about murder, manipulation, and a young woman trying to wrestle power from the hands of a dangerous man. But he’s always one step ahead . . . London, 1839...
  • Uncle Silas By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Illustrated  (Penguin Classics) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Uncle Silas By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Illustrated (Penguin Classics) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Swedenborg...
  • Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Uncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram-Haugh", is a Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike...
  • Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu

    Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Swedenborg.
  • Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Uncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram-Haugh", is a Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike...
  • Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Uncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram-Haugh", is a Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike...
  • Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Swedenborg...
  • Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Swedenborg...
  • Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Uncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram-Haugh", is a Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike...
  • The Italian by Ann Radcliffe

    The Italian by Ann Radcliffe

    Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    From the first moment Vincentio di Vivaldi, a young nobleman, sets eyes on the veiled figure of Ellena, he is captivated by her enigmatic beauty and grace. But his haughty and manipulative mother is against the match and enlists the help of her confessor to come between them...
  • Pandora Hearts, Volume 20 by Jun Mochizuki, Jun Mochizuki

    Pandora Hearts, Volume 20 by Jun Mochizuki, Jun Mochizuki

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The pathetic farce that has unfolded in earnest is no more than an absurd yarn spun by the man who caused the Tragedy of Sablier by following his heart's desires. The players in his tale begin dancing with abandon, their emotions bottled up inside, as though they are marionettes manipulated by a master puppeteer . . .
  • The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks

    The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    From NYT bestselling author Brent Weeks comes his breakout fantasy trilogy in which a young boy trains under the city's most legendary and feared assassin Durzo Blint. For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art -- and he is the city's most accomplished artist. For Azoth, survival is just the beginning...
  • Pandora Hearts, Volume 3 by Jun Mochizuki

    Pandora Hearts, Volume 3 by Jun Mochizuki

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Heir to an aristocratic family, Oz Vessalius is a carefree teen. That is until his fifteenth birthday. His entire world changes at his coming of age ceremony when dark forces rise to punish Oz for the sins of a past life. Incarcerated in a prison known as the Abyss, Oz’s life and perhaps his sanity are saved by a black rabbit called Alice...
  • Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher

    Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    In Furies of Calderon, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher introduced readers to a world where the forces of nature take physical form. But now, it is human nature that threatens to throw the realm into chaos…For centuries, the people of Alera have harnessed the furies—elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal—to protect their land from aggressors...
  • The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

    The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 84 ratings
    When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . . For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions. Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career...
  • Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

    Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    Springtime in Styria. And that means war. There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king...
  • Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

    Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it. Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil...
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