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  • Air & Essence by Mikayla D. Hornedo

    Air & Essence by Mikayla D. Hornedo

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    For years, the vampires of Sanjry have called Dayanara a monster. Now they’ll learn just how terrifying she’s become. After losing so much, she’s faced with not only the consequences of her actions, but also those that came before her.Dayanara will stop at nothing to get what’s been stolen from her, even at the expense of her well-being...
  • Summoner 4 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 4 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In an academy that trains people to deal with monsters and mayhem, there's one challenge even Gryff may not be ready to face: Final Exams. On the plus side, he'll capture a giant armored monster and get to ride around on its shoulder while the beast smites things with its sword...
    Categorized as:
    harems  magic  high fantasy  queer  fantasy  menage  f-f  alpha male
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  • Summoner 8 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 8 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As Gryff learns more about the Shadowscape and the god-like Archons that rule it, the stakes keep getting higher. The angel-monster Phi is still hellbent on destroying humanity, so Gryff and his friends must spread out to the far corners of Mistral to make sure she doesn’t succeed. And then they must end her. Once and for all...
    Categorized as:
    harems  magic  queer  fantasy  menage  f-f  alpha male  dark
  • Surfacing by A.S. Etaski

    Surfacing by A.S. Etaski

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Sirana emerges with three of her Red Sisters from the Deepearth to witness searing light. Vast lands beyond their comprehension await them. In uncharted wilderness, Sirana and her Sisters must seek their missions. They cannot refuse them. With little knowledge to aid them, they must move beyond each other's reach...
  • Blood & Brujas by Mikayla D. Hornedo

    Blood & Brujas by Mikayla D. Hornedo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    From the moment Dayanara could wield a blade, she's been used as a weapon for Caldera, a kingdom of fierce brujas. Whenever her mother, the all-powerful Acna, points her in the direction to kill, Dayanara follows.After centuries of war against the vampire kingdom at their border, her mother offers their king Dayanara's hand in marriage as a truce...
  • Divine Deception by Elle Mae

    Divine Deception by Elle Mae

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    From Elle Mae comes the highly anticipated second installment of the Blood Royale where romance between a vampire princess, a vampire hunter, and a witch collides in a steamy passion filled enemies to lovers romance. Vesper It’s all my fault. I had to make the world believe I completed the prophecy. For both our sakes. But I never meant to hurt Aurelia the way I did. Nor bond her to me...
  • Summoner 3 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 3 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When a portal opens in a distant enclave city, Gryff and his monster response team find that the Shadowscape creatures are becoming smarter and more organized. Someone, or something, is leading them. Now Gryff finds that he, and the three women he loves, are all that stands between the hordes of evil monsters and humanity...
    Categorized as:
    harems  magic  high fantasy  queer  fantasy  f-f  alpha male  menage
  • Conflicting Lyrics by Alisha Williams

    Conflicting Lyrics by Alisha Williams

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Why did she have to kiss me?I shouldn't have wanted it. Shouldn't have liked it.It ruined everything.Now she's gone, and I'm all alone. I miss her more than I care to admit.To make matters worse, I present as the one thing my parents despise—an Omega.They disowned me, calling me vial and worthless. Destined to be a wh*re.With nowhere else to go, I spent years at an Omega center...
    Categorized as:
    queer  omegaverse  poly  dark  vampires  paranormal  fantasy  menage
  • Court of Evil by K.A. Knight

    Court of Evil by K.A. Knight

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    There are many things that go bump in the night, and I am one of them.Hunters are what prevent our world from descending into chaos and bloodshed. We are the shields in the dark and the weapons of protection, walking the line of good and evil every day… or so I thought...
  • Insolence by Gwin Savage

    Insolence by Gwin Savage

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Warning: Insolence is book 1 of a duet, and will end on a cliffhanger. This is a dark romantasy with two toxic, morally gray FMCs, forced proximity, forbidden love, and open-door spice. (Please consult TWs on the author's website or in the front of the book.) Paperbacks will be made available by Sept 30th...
    Categorized as:
    horror  queer  magic  fantasy  dark  angst  paranormal  hurt-comfort
  • Touched By Sin by Harleigh Beck

    Touched By Sin by Harleigh Beck

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Could their darkness set me free?AureliaFor as long as I can remember, the woods outside the garden of Eden have whispered my name on the warm breeze.After escaping through the shimmering gates, I follow the wood’s call and enter the eerie, cold darkness.What I didn’t expect was to find myself kidnapped and taken to Hell by three fallen angels with majestic black wings, raven hair, and dark eyes...
  • The Five Trials by Mike Truk, Leo Barnabas

    The Five Trials by Mike Truk, Leo Barnabas

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    My name's Noah Kilmartin. I'm from Ruddock, Ohio, and I'm absolutely, 100% unqualified to save the universe from the slavering demonic hordes of the super evil bitch queen Lilith. Too bad nobody asked my opinion. All I've got to do is pass five lethal trials that'll prove I'm the universe's last chance at salvation...
    Categorized as:
    harems  magic  queer  fantasy  menage  f-f  poly  dark
  • Vicious Devotion by Aveda Vice

    Vicious Devotion by Aveda Vice

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Her pack is destroyed. Her Alpha is dead. All that Pheir has left is rage. According to the Conclave, that isn’t punishment enough. For her mutiny, she’ll be married into the enemy Timber pack and forced to abandon her old loyalties.As far as Pheir’s concerned, being held captive is just a hitch in her plot for revenge. She will find a way to bring her former leader back from the dead...
  • Tainted Souls by Alisha Williams

    Tainted Souls by Alisha Williams

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Zed is dead. I watched him die in my arms.But I refuse to let this be the end. My father has the power to bring him back. And if he refuses to, I’ll go into the pit of souls and get him out myself.I’m warned that if I do this, that he won’t be the same. That there's no guarantee that what I pull out of the pit will be my Zed.I’m too stricken with grief to care...
    Categorized as:
    demons  magic  queer  paranormal  angels  poly  fantasy  length-short
  • Heliacle Rising by C.C. Davie

    Heliacle Rising by C.C. Davie

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Raised to be a wife. Taught to be obedient. Expected to obey.Taken in as ward of Lord Drakon after her parents' slaughter. Forced to navigate a new life, trying to become what is required of her in a world so vastly different than what she had known.Then Attica, Kingdom of the Wytchlings, moves to rise again. Territories long alienated are forced to unite. Secrets begin to unravel...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  fantasy  paranormal  f-f  witches  dark  fae
  • The Price of Silence by Elle Mae

    The Price of Silence by Elle Mae

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From Elle Mae comes an exciting new bully reverse harem that will feed all your paranormal bisexual fantasies. Join us in this journey into a magical world filled with witches, demons, curses, and lies that will forever change the path of one girls life. I am Rosie Miller and at the age of ten, I was cursed...
    Categorized as:
    queer  magic  demons  fantasy  reverse harem  f-f  paranormal  fae
  • Consider the Lilies by Kitt Lynn

    Consider the Lilies by Kitt Lynn

    Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Stefan And just like that, my life is over. I watched my sweet sister fall over that horrible ledge, leaving me all alone in the world. It wasn’t long before I was taken away, and put up for auction. Apparently, this is a black market, where vicious alphas shop for potential mates. But I don’t want a mate. I want to go home...
  • The Succubus's Prize by Katee Robert

    The Succubus's Prize by Katee Robert

    Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 63 ratings
    Belladonna doesn’t know if a person can die from guilt, but she’s giving it her best shot. All her life, she’s done what she needed to in order to survive, but in recent years, the cost only seems to skyrocket…until someone innocent gets hurt. That’s why she made her deal with the demon. To right the wrong she committed...
    Categorized as:
    queer  demons  fantasy  paranormal  monsters  f-f  m-f-x  bisexual
  • Unshaken by Dreia Wells

    Unshaken by Dreia Wells

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    I was supposed to be a Light Guardian.My whole life was mapped out and I was going to proudly follow my ancestor's footsteps. So why did the Angels reject me? I trained for years to become one of the Elite in the Angels fight against the forces of evil. When the time came for me to attend Caelum Academy, my invitation never came...
    Categorized as:
    magic  demons  queer  reverse harem  paranormal  fantasy  dark  witches
  • For Love and Blood and Fury by J.J. Arias

    For Love and Blood and Fury by J.J. Arias

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    A ruthless vampire. A powerful witch. A healer with a hidden legacy. A searing paranormal romance that proves three hearts can beat as one.Elena, the head of Miami’s vampire cartel, never expected her ex-girlfriend Zuri—a powerful witch—to storm back into her life demanding help with a rival coven...
    Categorized as:
    queer  magic  vampires  dark  paranormal  f-f  fantasy  length-long
  • Door of Bruises by Sierra Simone

    Door of Bruises by Sierra Simone

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 44 ratings
    𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬.We are all, for better or worse, doomed to love each other until death do us part. My heart belongs to Proserpina and St. Sebastian—even if he no longer wants it. Even if she has left it behind to follow him.Delphine’s fled back home, and Becket’s holy calling is in peril...
  • A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

    A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 150 ratings
    A lyrical and dreamy reimagining of Dracula’s brides, A DOWRY OF BLOOD is a story of desire, obsession, and emancipation. Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king...
  • The Unbeating Heart by Cyran Faringray

    The Unbeating Heart by Cyran Faringray

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    How does it feel to want when your heart has never known love?Selene Argentea leads an isolated life of disenchantment as the mistreated spymaster at the royal court of Valourya. After a long period of relative peace, the small human kingdom faces the emerging threat of two charismatic cult leaders, Nyxis and Zalthorn, grasping for power...
    Categorized as:
    demons  queer  erotica  dark  angst  fantasy  poly  bisexual
  • Dimitri's Forbidden Submissive by Ann Mayburn

    Dimitri's Forbidden Submissive by Ann Mayburn

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    As the daughter of an outlaw biker, Rya DeLuca is used to living a wild life, but nothing could prepare her for the danger of falling in love with Dimitri Novikov...
  • Always Running by Calliope Stewart

    Always Running by Calliope Stewart

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 39 ratings
    Is it finally time to stop running?Tibby Sinclair is the queen of messy beginnings. Raised for fourteen years in a religious cult before being tossed into the San Francisco Omega Academy, Tibby never had a chance. That didn't stop her though. She toughened up and became someone that would protect herself...
  • Queen Takes Triune by Joely Sue Burkhart

    Queen Takes Triune by Joely Sue Burkhart

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 69 ratings
    Which Triune court is calling the last Isador queen to take her rightful seat? There are three Aima courts: one dead, one full of monsters, and one with an empty seat that's ruled by the queen of Rome. While Shara Isador loves her monsters, she has no plan to unseat a Skolos queen. Nor does she wish to work side by side with Marne Ceresa on a daily basis...
  • Queen Takes Queen by Joely Sue Burkhart

    Queen Takes Queen by Joely Sue Burkhart

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 79 ratings
    A Reverse Harem Vampire Romance The Triune's attention is a deadly thing to attract. The world's oldest and most powerful vampire queens devise a plan to ensure the fledgling Isador queen is eliminated before she can call enough Blood to protect her. But Shara has already drawn formidable and famously powerful Blood to her side: Leviathan, king of the depths...
  • Little Piece of Sass by Clio Evans

    Little Piece of Sass by Clio Evans

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    Creatures of all kinds go to the Barista to find love, including the werewolf/werecat couple known as Al and Luna.Ready to start building their own pack, they’ve asked the Barista to find someone who’s willing to be loved not by one— but both of them.When the Barista hires Quinn to work in the cafe, she has plans of revenge against the world of creatures...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  paranormal  fantasy  bisexual  f-f  m-m  erotica
  • Blood Rituals by Aoibh Wood

    Blood Rituals by Aoibh Wood

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Boston Homicide Detective, Caitlin Reagan, walks a razor's edge, propping up her life on emotional constructs designed to help her manage grueling PTSD. She keeps her mother, boyfriend, and work separated and controlled, all in service to one horrible, tragic act she committed amid the Iraq war...
  • A Sea of Pearls & Leaves by Rosalyn Briar

    A Sea of Pearls & Leaves by Rosalyn Briar

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Princess Ingrid of Norella Isle does not want to get married. So, her priestess girlfriend, Lilura, devises a wicked plot to deter suitors with a nearly impossible marriage contract: should Ingrid die first, her husband must be buried at sea beside her.The plan backfires when all seven suitors agree, and the king announces a competition for Ingrid’s hand...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  fantasy  young adult  poly  dark  paranormal  open-door
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