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  • A Bone in His Teeth by Kellen Graves

    A Bone in His Teeth by Kellen Graves

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 42 ratings
    When a fall from the mast leaves Alba Marsh unable to sail, he finally has the chance to run away from his family debts in search of a better life. He hopes to reunite with his mother, Edythe, where they always promised to meet if things went awry, but finding the small, secluded, secretive town of Moon Harbor proves a greater challenge than Alba ever expected...
  • Angels & Man by rafael nicolás

    Angels & Man by rafael nicolás

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    A Queer Retelling of the Watcher's FloodThe angel Azazel is miserable in Heaven. In the aftermath of Satan's fall, the angels live in the reconstructed ruins of an old utopia, oppressive and paranoid of any new rebellion.The angel Samyaza is content in Heaven, but he longs for the eternal city's former glory...
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  • Fool Me Twice by Ariana Nash

    Fool Me Twice by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The epic, heart-wrenching conclusion to the Court of Pain duology. Spanning four courts, devious and doomed royals, and the most unlikely of loves between a prince and his fool.They say in the darkest of times, the brightest star has no choice but to shine.I’m no star, nor am I a hero. But I could be the villain. To protect Arin from Razak’s scheming, I’ll have to be...
  • Even in Death by Randi Garner

    Even in Death by Randi Garner

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Imprisoned in the Land of the Dead, Finnian must figure out how to outwit the High God of Death and Curses and right his wrongs—however, the more their fates tangle, the more old feelings ignite. Chaos is inevitable.EVEN IN DEATH is the second book in the Fragile Divine, an interconnected dark fantasy romance series about the frailty of gods and goddesses...
  • New York Minute (In These Words: Prequel) by Kichiku Neko, Suzume

    New York Minute (In These Words: Prequel) by Kichiku Neko, Suzume

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In These Words prequel that takes the readers back to a newly NY State employed Dr. Asano Katsuya. The 27 year-old had never sought company until one Christmas day Katsuya finally gave into the charm of a homicide detective at the Manhattan Precint...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  fantasy  length-novella
  • Caste Heaven, Vol. 5 by Chise Ogawa

    Caste Heaven, Vol. 5 by Chise Ogawa

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Today’s top could be tomorrow’s bottom when playing the caste game!School is hard enough as it is, but when students are forced to play a cutthroat game to determine their social ranks—and subsequent treatment—all bets are off.It’s the annual class trip, and Azusa is assigned to the same group as Atsumu and Kuze...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  abuse  from hate to love  dark  m-m  rape  high-school
  • A Taste for Poison by Aleksandr Voinov

    A Taste for Poison by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 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:
    military  queer  m-m  fantasy  historical  suspense  mystery  dark
  • Lying with Scorpions by Aleksandr Voinov

    Lying with Scorpions by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 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:
    military  queer  m-m  fantasy  historical  dark  suspense  war
  • Silk & Steel Series #1-3 and The Black Prince by Ariana Nash

    Silk & Steel Series #1-3 and The Black Prince by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The four full-length novels in the bestselling Silk & Steel series. Elves and dragons battle for supremacy as a tortured dragon prince and a lethal elf assassin fight for their impossible love. Buy the stunning, emotional, epic, and award-winning MM fantasy series today...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  m-m  fantasy  from hate to love  dark
  • The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin

    The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Dimitri Alexeyev used to be the Tzar of Novo-Svitsevo. Now, he is merely a broken man, languishing in exile after losing a devastating civil war instigated by his estranged husband, Alexey Balakin. In hiding with what remains of his court, Dimitri and his spymaster, Vasily Sokolov, engineer a dangerous ruse...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  mystery  historical  m-m  suspense  war  fantasy
  • A Royal Affair by John Wiltshire

    A Royal Affair by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Royal Affair: Book One Doctor Nikolai Hartmann represents himself as a learned man of science who believes wholly in the rational and scientific above all else. In reality, he is a man haunted by an unusual past and running from his own nature...
  • Caste Heaven, Vol. 3 by Chise Ogawa

    Caste Heaven, Vol. 3 by Chise Ogawa

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Today’s top could be tomorrow’s bottom when playing the caste game!School is hard enough as it is, but when students are forced to play a cutthroat game to determine their social ranks—and subsequent treatment—all bets are off. Karino’s older half brother Tatsumi is a proper honor student, diligently and obediently following the path laid out for him by others...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  dark  m-m  from hate to love  abuse  high-school  rape
  • The Pillar by Kim Fielding

    The Pillar by Kim Fielding

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    During his youth, orphaned thief Faris was flogged at the pillar in the town square and left to die. But a kind old man saved him, gave him a home, and taught him a profession. Now Faris is the herbalist for the town of Zidar, taking care of the injured and ill. He remains lonely, haunted by his past, and insecure about how his community views him...
    Categorized as:
    hurt-comfort  queer  survival  m-m  historical  fantasy  abuse  dark
  • Farfall by J.C. Owens

    Farfall by J.C. Owens

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Secrets. Rebellion. Two men drawn together by a bond that may change the land forever... Captain Andon Grazon, the poor son of a prostitute, shares a rare bond with Ceris, the only wild-born griffon in the land to bond with a human. He and Ceris are part of the flight corp at Farfall, where he is treated like an outsider and abused by the noble-born riders at the base...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  fantasy  abuse  dark  dub-con  length-medium
  • On Edge by Brooke Matthews

    On Edge by Brooke Matthews

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ready. Set. Run.MarleyFor fifteen years, Marley has spent his days plotting, waiting, dreaming. Once, his dreams were filled with limitless color, love, and boyish ambition. Now, they’re stained in red. He demands justice for his wasted time behind bars, sentenced for a crime he and his twin didn't commit...
    Categorized as:
    hurt-comfort  monsters  queer  horror  m-m  dark  m-m-m  abuse
  • Counterpunch by Aleksandr Voinov

    Counterpunch by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Fight like a man, or die like a slave.Brooklyn Marshall used to be a policeman in London, with a wife and a promising future ahead of him. Then he accidentally killed a rioter whose father was a Member of Parliament and had him convicted of murder. To ease the burden on the overcrowded prison system, Brooklyn was sold into slavery rather than incarcerated...
    Categorized as:
    dystopian  hurt-comfort  queer  m-m  bdsm  sports  dark  abuse
  • The Goblin Twins by Kit Barrie

    The Goblin Twins by Kit Barrie

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    What do you do when you have nothing to give and everything to lose?Twin goblin princes Shi’chen and A’bbni Er-Ha’sen did not ever plan to take the Emperor’s throne. Older twin Shi’chen is a military prodigy, and younger twin A’bbni is studying to be a physician...
    Categorized as:
    hurt-comfort  new adult  queer  fantasy  m-m  dark  open-door  rape
  • The Painter Knight by Fiona Patton

    The Painter Knight by Fiona Patton

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THE PASSING OF THE FLAMESimon, the Court Painter of Branion, was the closest friend of the kingdom's ruler. Aristok Marsellus the Third...
  • Caste Heaven, Vol. 2 by Chise Ogawa

    Caste Heaven, Vol. 2 by Chise Ogawa

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Today’s top could be tomorrow’s bottom when playing the caste game!School is hard enough as it is, but when students are forced to play a cutthroat game to determine their social ranks—and subsequent treatment—all bets are off. Atsumu, a regular target of the school bullies, has had a rough life...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  abuse  dark  m-m  high-school  contemporary  rape
  • Betrayal by J.C. Owens

    Betrayal by J.C. Owens

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets, madness, lies…and a love forged in the flames of betrayal. Imprisoned, starved and abused by his captors, Darcel finds his only escape in the depths of madness. But he’s tormented by his own demons, who taunt him with the memories of his past and of his beloved prince, Alasar of Rais. The man who condemned him to this prison for killing the enemy’s high king...
    Categorized as:
    military  hurt-comfort  queer  m-m  fantasy  abuse  dark  historical
  • Night's Melody by Drake LaMarque

    Night's Melody by Drake LaMarque

    Rated: 2.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The opera house holds many secrets, but none are as frightening as the Opera Ghost.Matthieu has harboured a crush on his best friend, Christophe, since they started dancing together in the Paris opera ballet troupe, but he's never acted on it.When disaster strikes only hours before a gala performance, Christophe reveals a hidden talent for singing...
  • From the Edge by N. Slater

    From the Edge by N. Slater

    Rated: 3.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    I’m not meant for a happy ending.I wasn’t even supposed to be an Omega but two years into college, I presented and my parents all but sold me to an abusive Alpha for a price tag that would set them up for life.However, my heart is still with my lover from sophomore year, my heart and soul—Blake.He was there for me when I was just a Beta, when I presented, and the terrifying days afterward...
  • Fade by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Fade by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Years after the bombs of WWIII have changed the physical and political landscape, the Agency ruthlessly works behind the scenes to take down rebel groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means. Hsin Liu Vega (Sin) is their most efficient and deadly assassin ever...
  • Afterimage by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Afterimage by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    In the Company of Shadows is a series about two people who are thrown together as partners in a secret agency; their mission is to disband rebels who have propagated in a post-war future, but they have to deal with everything that comes with an unlikely partnership as well...
  • Cornucopia by Alek L. Cristea

    Cornucopia by Alek L. Cristea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    As with each of the Fractured Cities, Cornucopia is a world unto itself. A place where faith makes magic and magic makes faith. A place of excess and obsession, where the only sin is a life of less, of moderation. But here in Cornucopia, moderation isn't just a sin, it's also a place...
  • Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    One day, You Huo and his famiIy was puIIed into an exam caIIed the GIobaI University Entrance Examination. Going through exams together with other unfortunate examinees, their Iives are put at stake and they can only Iive by passing each exam...
  • The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey

    The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  fantasy  magic  high fantasy  young adult  m-m  dark
  • 1/27: An ICoS Anthology (In the Company of Shadows extras) by Santino Hassell, Ais

    1/27: An ICoS Anthology (In the Company of Shadows extras) by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    January 27, 2027 - One day around the world. Weeks after the last page of the In the Company of Shadows series, seven stories show glimpses of the lives of fifteen characters, scattered across the globe. In Ireland, an unexpected reunion takes a terrible turn. In Australia, the tides are changing while those involved never stop watching...
  • The Ghost and the Darkness Volume 2 by Quil Carter

    The Ghost and the Darkness Volume 2 by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    The Ghost and the Darkness Vol. 2 continues with Reaver and Elish desperately trying to find Killian and Jade. Forced to work together, they scour the northern greywastes for clues of their whereabouts. Though finding the two boys isn't as simple as following a trail. Something happened to them that no one expected...
    Categorized as:
    dystopian  queer  horror  futuristic  m-m  fantasy  angst  paranormal
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