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  • How to Defy a Vampire by Alice Winters

    How to Defy a Vampire by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    FinnStumbling into a crime scene is pretty typical for me. As a human, joining the VRC has done everything but keep me out of trouble. And now I seem to be playing a part that I’d really rather not play… if I want to keep my head, that is.By my side is my partner Marcus, a vampire who has vowed to tear the world apart—and even a mattress—to keep me safe...
  • Last Man Standing by Augustus Roth, Daniel May

    Last Man Standing by Augustus Roth, Daniel May

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 7 ratings
    “You know, if anybody was going to give death the middle finger, I would have thought it would be him.” Ezekiel 'Kel' Warbis is the last of them - the only one left after his two best friends (and childhood sweethearts) died tragically and gruesomely young.Over a decade later, their loss is still a fresh wound...
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    mystery  hurt-comfort  suspense  queer  paranormal  m-m  dark  m-m-m
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  • Shadow Men by Adira August

    Shadow Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A 72k word novel, the seventh in the Hunt&Cam4Ever BDSM-MYSTERY series. This is the book the author calls "The hardest book I ever wrote."AN ASTONISHING TWIST IN THE EPIC LOVE STORY~ A HIGH SEAS DEATH ON A BILLIONAIRE'S YACHT"No matter how hard you fight the darknessevery light casts a shadow;The closer you get to the lightthe darker that shadow becomes...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  queer  bdsm  m-m  dark  contemporary  angst
  • Death by Sienna Moreau

    Death by Sienna Moreau

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It all began with the kiss of Death.Abaddon, the Destroyer, right hand of Lucifer, has returned from the dead with one thing on his mind: revenge on the Horseman who kept him from taking back what is his. But spending time alone with Death has awakened something between them, resulting in an experience that he enjoys more than revenge. The natural conclusion is to keep doing it, of course...
    Categorized as:
    queer  magic  fantasy  m-m  demons  dark  paranormal  from hate to love
  • Zenith by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Zenith by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A killer haunts Prophet, and this time it’s personalThe discovery of a body at Thompson Cabins sets off a chain of events that hits too close to home for Sheriff Gabriel Thompson. When his brother Sam becomes a prime suspect in the murder investigation, Gabriel is forced to keep secrets from Tiber and call in outside help as he fights to prove Sam’s innocence...
  • Shadows in Bloom: A Dark Romance Anthology by Lola Malone, Jessie Walker

    Shadows in Bloom: A Dark Romance Anthology by Lola Malone, Jessie Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Long summer nights, the rustle of leaves and flowers in full bloom.It’s the perfect time of the year to live life the fullest, plan for tomorrow and forget about yesterday. But what happens when the shadows come out to play?After all…you won’t see it coming until it hits you in the Shadows in Bloom...
  • His Gentle Omega by Raiven Matthews

    His Gentle Omega by Raiven Matthews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Shay PierceHow could I love my fated mate when I couldn’t love myself?Escaping with my young son from an abusive relationship, I had one plan to keep my son and I safe. Getting to the safety of my estranged brother and mending our rift. I never imagined I would find my fated mate at the worst possible time in my life...
  • Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The tranquility of Prophet is shattered when a local trail rider is killed and whispers of wolf packs and murder spread like wildfire.Three months after the murder of Mike Bressett, the sleepy town of Prophet faces another tragedy—the death of Billy Odette, a well-liked Makah man who ran trail rides for the tourists...
  • The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Secrets lie within the walls of Redwood Manor.The murders, alleged curse, and ghost stories have fascinated Carter ever since he moved to Ivy Grove. After attending a Halloween ball at the mansion and meeting a man almost too beautiful to be real, Carter is captivated even more.But the man disappears after that, leaving Carter with nothing but the memory of a kiss...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  hurt-comfort  suspense  magic  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy
  • Nor Iron Bars a Cage by Kaje Harper

    Nor Iron Bars a Cage by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 39 ratings
    First I was a sorcerer. Then I was a hermit. For so long—for years that seemed to go on forever—I couldn't bear to be touched. I put up not just walls but whole stone bunkers to keep everyone out, emotionally, and physically as well. I was protected from people, from ghosts, from specters real and imagined. Sure, I was alone. But I felt safe...
    Categorized as:
    magic  hurt-comfort  queer  tortured hero  m-m  fantasy  witches  dark
  • You Will Crave Me by Nicholas Bella

    You Will Crave Me by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dominic: I've been dreading this moment all month, the full moon. I've prayed that what everyone is saying isn't true. I don't want to turn, I don't want to feel that pain. Furthermore, I don't want to be drawn deeper into Dante's world... at least, that's what I want to believe is my desire. Truth is, the more I feed, the more I find myself enjoying this dark gift Dante has given me...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  queer  bdsm  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  vampires
  • Should the Sky Fall by Amithia Raine

    Should the Sky Fall by Amithia Raine

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 51 ratings
    After a terrible accident, most people would spend day and night at their husband's side, praying for him to pull through. To wake up.Dawson isn't most people. Then again, it's not unreasonable to want to be rid of the man who's made your life a living hell for the past six years...
  • Malum Discordiae by Ashlyn Drewek

    Malum Discordiae by Ashlyn Drewek

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 61 ratings
    Like all Necromancers, Cassius Corbin grew up knowing one irrevocable truth: death comes for us all. It was a lesson he learned well when his mother was murdered by fellow witches. Six years later, he is back in the town of Winslow, Massachusetts to attend Tennebrose University. But that's not the only reason...
  • Greenwode by J. Tullos Hennig

    Greenwode by J. Tullos Hennig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Novel of Robyn Hood The Hooded One. The one to breathe the dark and light and dusk between.... When an old druid foresees this harbinger of chaos, he also glimpses its outcome...
  • His by Daniel May

    His by Daniel May

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Lucas Russo was never a child. He was raised like a soldier, trained like a dog to hunt down his master’s enemies.Shane Case was barely a man. Unraveled by grief, he kidnapped two children to follow in his footsteps, to shape in his image and continue his mission of vengeance.Lucas never forgave Shane, because forgiveness is something reserved for the living. So is hate...
  • Missiletoe by Zile Elliven

    Missiletoe by Zile Elliven

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***Like all the books in the Really Gay Villain Christmas Series, this can be read as a standalone story. Someone is going to lose a toe.Smart as a whip with the morals of an alleycat. I’ve heard it a million times.But will my smarts be enough to catch the heart of the local animal shelter director?He’s pretty.And kind.And caring...
  • Kitto by Harper Fox

    Kitto by Harper Fox

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Now Lee is free from the malevolent ghost of Morris Hawke, his clairvoyant gifts are expanding fast. Too fast for comfort, and he and Gideon find themselves wrestling with his unsettling capacity to see the future. In some ways this new power is wonderful, and Lee finds himself a local hero after predicting a flood...
  • Rule Four and Five by Adrienne Wilder

    Rule Four and Five by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is book two of three. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  contemporary  dark  abuse  paranormal  m-m  fantasy
  • Beneath by Katie May

    Beneath by Katie May

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    But you can't break a dead girl.Revelation after revelation has left me wheeling. The truth about what we are—and what we need to do to escape—is almost too much for me to handle.With only four circles left to complete, our group is more determined than ever to escape this hellhole we've found ourselves in...
  • Liberation by Stella Rainbow

    Liberation by Stella Rainbow

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    A wyvern who doesn't trust humans. A human who implicitly trusts him. AmellI knew what monsters looked like, because I'd been raised by one, afraid and unable to get away because he was the strongest thing I knew. Until the day our village was attacked by a mythical beast and it almost made the monster wet himself...
  • One Thousand & One Lies by Yumoyori Wilson

    One Thousand & One Lies by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lies. Words of deception that assist in manipulating a person, group, lover, or foe. With each lie that leaves our lips, a plot morphs into a quick exchange, and the end result? Death. Some call us Reapers of Beauty. Others think we assist the Angel of Death. Assassins? Murders? The list of what we term ourselves are endless. To us, this life is nothing but a job...
  • Lust by Devon McCormack

    Lust by Devon McCormack

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    OFFICIAL COVER AND BLURB COMING SOON...  Surrender to the lust.  LUKEI never believed in magic until Brad Henning cast a spell on me.Now my lust for him is all-consuming.Only his touch can offer relief from the searing pain I endure when I'm without it.I don't understand why, but whatever he's done to me is painful for him too...
  • 그 끝에 있는 것 1 [At the End of the Road 1] by Haribo

    그 끝에 있는 것 1 [At the End of the Road 1] by Haribo

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    레진코믹스에서 연재 당시 전 연령 BL랭킹 TOP1을 기록하며 웹툰 독자들과 BL마니아들의 인기를 끌었던 『그 끝에 있는 것』이 드디어 아르테팝에서 단행본으로 출간됐다. 웹툰『그 끝에 있는 것』은 완결이 된 지 일 년이 되어가지만 여전히 레진코믹스 전 연령 BL랭킹 TOP3을 유지하며 큰 인기를 끌고 있는 작품이다. 한국뿐만 아니라 미국, 중국, 일본에서 연재하며 연재된 국가에서 모두 높은 순위를 유지하고 있다. 또한『그 끝에 있는 것』을 원작으로 한 러브시뮬레이션 게임이 제작될 정도이니 작품의 재미와 인기를 가늠해 볼 수 있을 것이다.『그 끝에 있는 것』은 한국 BL장르의 발전을 볼 수 있는 작품이다...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  abuse  dark
  • Black Magic by Megan Derr

    Black Magic by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    When High Paladin Sorin discovers the brutally dismembered body of his cousin Alfrey, a much loved priest in the royal palace, he is left baffled as to who would do so terrible a thing to so good a man...
  • Forgive Me by Ariana Nash

    Forgive Me by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Father Francis Scott knows he’s damned, but at twenty-four years old, he has a lifetime to make up for past mistakes. Newly ordained, he’s determined to clean the stain off his soul, one day at a time. Until an angel walks into his church, asking Francis to take his confession. One look into Vitari (Angel) Angelini’s eyes, and it’s clear, the man is made of sin...
  • Shadows Fall by J.K. Hogan

    Shadows Fall by J.K. Hogan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For him, the whole world is a graveyard...A gift—or curse—gives Titus McGinty the unwanted ability to talk to ghosts. When he starts seeing the same few apparitions repeatedly, appearing with similar gruesome injuries, he begins to wonder what they want from him.Detective Charlie Hale has a serial killer on his hands...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  magic  queer  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  fantasy
  • Maybe Tomorrow by Sophie O'Dare, Lyn Forester

    Maybe Tomorrow by Sophie O'Dare, Lyn Forester

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Rich, breedable, and destined for a marriage of convenience. As an Omega, that’s all Harold is to his father, but dare he dream for more?Harold Freely has a problem. His dad keeps trying to marry him off to anyone with an old family name who needs their pockets filled the Freely fortune in exchange for a step up in society...
  • The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder

    The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is the last book in this trilogy. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out...
  • Her Ex-Boyfriend's Werewolf Lover by Cassie Alexander

    Her Ex-Boyfriend's Werewolf Lover by Cassie Alexander

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I loved Vincent and he loved me. Undoubtedly, incontrovertibly, with the fire of a thousand suns.But before me? He loved Max. The man who broke his heart, and the reason he had a wolf print tattooed upon his chest.I didn’t expect Vincent to get gunned down, but Vincent knew he was in danger -- and he knew only one man could save me from dying too...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  bdsm  dark  contemporary
  • Splintered by Tal Bauer

    Splintered by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Everything in Ben's life was perfect. He had it all. The good career. The perfect partner, Evan. The happy home. They were even talking about turning the extra bedroom into a nursery. But things start to splinter. Evan begins missing time, not knowing where he was or how he got there...
  • F*ck Steal Kill by Kris Butler

    F*ck Steal Kill by Kris Butler

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It’s only a game… until someone gets hurt.In a town known for the macabre and bizarre, it didn’t provide many options for women, especially of a certain age. You could marry young—which, if we were honest, no longer included us. You could marry rich—the only eligible bachelors smelled of feet and no longer had their teeth. Pass. Or… Oh, were you waiting for a third? Yeah, nope...
  • Ruthless Kings by Dani René

    Ruthless Kings by Dani René

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The Kings are about to take their thrones, but secrets, lies, and violence threaten it all.I don’t love her.I don’t want her.But we need her.And now, we have to save her.There’s no longer denying she belongs to us, but she has to prove her loyalty. And we’re going to ask her to do something far worse than she ever imagined—choose...
  • Threading Carefully by Ashlynn Mills

    Threading Carefully by Ashlynn Mills

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Lonely and bored with life, I was talked into going on a trip to the Monster world.I planned on seeing new things and visiting places different from what I'm used to, but I never planned on him.Nova wasn't like the others of his kind or anything like me. He was a combination of several humans but didn't think like one or share the same experiences...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  monsters  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  rape  length-short
  • Taming Savage by R.S. McKenzie

    Taming Savage by R.S. McKenzie

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    AbelAfter the death of our parents, I was taken in by my brother, who has been taking care of me more out of obligation than love. When he doesn’t come home from a job—if burglary can be considered a job—I discover he’s been taken by a beast of a man with soulless eyes. Even with his scars he’s hot as hell, but his cold eyes chill me to the bone...
  • Visible Friend by K.Z. Snow

    Visible Friend by K.Z. Snow

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Christopher Borgasian has spent the last seven months painstakingly breaking up with a lover he's adored for three years: heroin. Now he's trying to make it on his own-without the drugs, without the family that rejected him for being gay, and, seemingly, without a friend in the world...
  • Once Upon A Haunted Moor by Harper Fox

    Once Upon A Haunted Moor by Harper Fox

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Gideon Frayne has spent his whole working life as a policeman in the village of Dark on Bodmin Moor. It’s not life in the fast lane, but he takes it very seriously, and his first missing-child case is eating him alive...
  • Tentacles for the Brides Bouquet by Derekica Snake, kiix

    Tentacles for the Brides Bouquet by Derekica Snake, kiix

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This story is no longer available for free. It has been pulled for publication with SL Publishing Group under the new title "Heart of a Satyr".Walter has had a pretty crappy childhood. With an unloving mother and no father, he's always felt different from those around him...
  • His to Lead by E.V. Olsen

    His to Lead by E.V. Olsen

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    New Day. Fragile Bonds. Lurking Danger.I've been a lone wolf in this broken world for four years, never expecting companionship.Until one fateful night with Cal exposes our secret desires, forging an unexpected bond despite our age difference.But the lingering pain of how he ran away afterwards continues to haunt me, even after he returned and expressed his love for me...
  • Playing with Shadows (Love is Always Write) by Sasha L. Miller

    Playing with Shadows (Love is Always Write) by Sasha L. Miller

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was told that everything happened for a reason, that there were things out there that watched your every move. He just never thought that the people telling him this were telling the truth. Until he happened to glimpse something out of the corner of his eye, something that he couldn't explain. And now there are things in the shadows, things that want him...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  contemporary  fantasy  demons  dark  paranormal  m-m
  • I Am God's Dagger by K.A. Merikan

    I Am God's Dagger by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    “I know what’s been done to you, and I will see you avenged.”Gabriel. Broken. Lonely. Scarred. Delusional?Abaddon. Lord of Locusts. Master of the Bottomless Pit. Angel of Destruction and Vengeance… But is he real?After a psychotic episode in his childhood, Gabriel is left shattered and unable to join society...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  m-m  dark  fantasy  abuse  paranormal
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