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  • In These Words, Volume 2 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    In These Words, Volume 2 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Asano Katsuya realizes the meaning of his nightmare as everything came around full circle. Finally, Katsuya learned who Shinohara Kenji was and the meaning of his presence in his memories. With some answers surfacing, more questions also were pulled up with it. In These Words rewinds and replays the past that begun it all...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  m-m  dark  mystery  contemporary  bdsm  rape
  • Beneath His Robes by S.K. Pryntz

    Beneath His Robes by S.K. Pryntz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As old desires resurface, the line between sacrifice and obsession blurs, threatening to draw them both into a place they cannot escape...I took a vow to God, to my faith, to my people. As a priest, I am bound by duty, but there’s something I can never escape—Ronan. He was my entire world...
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  • Cleansed by Romilly King

    Cleansed by Romilly King

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sometimes you have to go back in order to go forward – Gray is going back to handle the man who saw him as an angel, and unleashed the demon in him.I am a Handler; I deal with serial killers, legally, ruthlessly, and in the presence of my Witness, because justice must be seen to be done.Handling is an intimate procedure...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  m-m  dark  bdsm  dual-pov  length-short
  • In These Words, Volume 3 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    In These Words, Volume 3 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shinohara Kenji implemented Asano Katsuya's plan to draw out the serial killer who'd been plagueing the police for years. The net was cast. However, Asano was unexpectedly ensnared in it. For six days, as Shinohara searched for him frantically - the doctor was forced to endure the pain of extreme love and hate for the killer. Then on the seventh day - everything crashed down in a devastating end...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  m-m  dark  mystery  contemporary  length-short
  • Demon by Joel Abernathy

    Demon by Joel Abernathy

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 20 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...
  • My Name Is Tryst by Julie Anne Addicott

    My Name Is Tryst by Julie Anne Addicott

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    On the outside, I am perfect. On the inside, something sinister lurks. I am sick and I cannot be cured. I use them, abuse them, then sell them to the highest bidder. But there’s Glen. He’s mine. My addiction, my sanity, my destruction. His touch calms the monster that lurks beneath my skin. If I continue on this path, I could lose him, and I refuse to let that happen...
    Categorized as:
    horror  queer  survival  dark  m-m  abuse  mental illness  rape
  • King's Virtuous Son by Ki Brightly

    King's Virtuous Son by Ki Brightly

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The “Innocent” Twin Hunter Tanner is a prospect for the Kings of Men MC. The club president, King, shocked Hunter with the news that he is Hunter’s biological father. King was the only man who had ever kept Hunter safe, and he’d taken King’s attention the wrong way—only to be devastated to learn they were related. Now he’s pissed off...
  • 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...
  • His Reluctant Savior by Courtney W. Dixon

    His Reluctant Savior by Courtney W. Dixon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    PLEASE READ THE BLURB AND WARNINGS IF YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO TRIGGERS!I have a second chance to right wrongs, even if it means I’ll lose my family and life.Sid VirgilFBI analyst Dalton Reed’s name is on my hit list, but I know I won’t do it. Though I haven’t seen Dalton in twenty-seven years, we have a history together. He saved my life many years ago, and he doesn’t even realize it...
  • Killing Stalking: Deluxe Edition Vol. 2 by Koogi

    Killing Stalking: Deluxe Edition Vol. 2 by Koogi

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    ON THE HUNTWhile investigating a vehicle collision, Officer Yang Seungbae discovers dashcam footage that plays into his suspicions about Oh Sangwoo...
    Categorized as:
    horror  queer  dark  m-m  contemporary  abuse  mystery  rape
  • Save Me by Ariana Nash

    Save Me by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The third and final book in the outstanding mafia/priest MM Forgive Me series. Vitari Angelini knows selling a cache of Battaglia guns to a drug lord is not what Francis would call legal, but he’ll never find out. Besides, it’s for a good cause: Francis’s happy ever after...
  • Everything I Didn't Know by Nicky James

    Everything I Didn't Know by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It was supposed to be an escape. A new life living off the land.It was supposed to be a peaceful community. A family.But it was a lie.Six months after he arrived, Bowie learned the hard truth about Oasis.There are rules, and they are made to be followed.The consequence of disobedience is deadly.Once you’re in Oasis, you’re never getting out. And its cultish founder has eyes everywhere...
    Categorized as:
    survival  queer  m-m  suspense  age difference  dark  mystery  angst
  • My Lovely Tragedy by Marie Ann

    My Lovely Tragedy by Marie Ann

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Obsidian wings fluttered in the snow-blinded night.You stumbled into my arms, bleeding your pain into the air around us.Into me.You tantalized me with your ethereal beauty—an echoing haunt written in the essence of a tragedy.My lovely tragedy.My Lovely Tragedy is a dark MM love story—not a romance, which means it does not end with an HEA...
  • End Scene by A.V. Shener

    End Scene by A.V. Shener

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    A Hollywood dream turns into a nightmare.***In the early 1990s, Jonah Carter almost made it big. With a breakout role in a well-regarded film, he had never been closer to achieving his dreams. But behind the scenes, dark forces devised a plan of their own, costing the briefly shining star both his dreams and freedom...
    Categorized as:
    survival  queer  angst  abuse  dark  mystery  suspense  m-m
  • Ash on the Tongue (Mayhem Manuscripts Season One: 1nf3ction) by Lee McCormick

    Ash on the Tongue (Mayhem Manuscripts Season One: 1nf3ction) by Lee McCormick

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Humans were always secretly monsters, the rain just gave them an excuse.AubreyThe infected didn’t break me. They didn’t capture me for experiments and use me like an object. Humanity made me into the monster I am.I’m reckless because it makes me feel alive, careless because I’m addicted to pain. And I’m dangerous because I’ve got nothing left to live for...
  • In a Dark Wood by Josh Lanyon

    In a Dark Wood by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In a dark, dark wood there was a dark, dark house...Camping in the Jersey Pine Barrens may literally turn out to be a first date from hell for travel writer Tim and the cute cop who persuades him to revisit a past that Tim has done his best to forget...
  • Leashing His Heart by Adara Wolf

    Leashing His Heart by Adara Wolf

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Broken, haunted Johan doesn’t want a bondservant. He certainly doesn’t want a bondservant like Emil, who is mouthy and disobedient and completely disrespectful. But if Johan can overcome his own nature and subjugate Emil, maybe he can finally win the respect of his family—and escape the painful shadows of his past...
    Categorized as:
    fetish  queer  m-m  spanking  bdsm  dark  futuristic  dub-con
  • Worship Me by Nova Burns

    Worship Me by Nova Burns

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    The only entity my twin should worship is me.Julius:My dad may have started the war, but I’m going to finish it. I’ll burn this place to the ground with everyone in it if that’s what it takes to protect my brother. When you’re the new head of your family firm, tomorrow isn’t guaranteed. I’m done tiptoeing around our darkest desires...
    Categorized as:
    horror  queer  mafia  m-m  bdsm  abuse  somnophilia  dark
  • Burned by Jennifer Bene

    Burned by Jennifer Bene

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I didn’t want to be this man. I never wanted to be like my father. I just wanted to be loved by him. Accepted. That’s how this happened, that’s how I became this person. Too many years of listening, too many years craving his approval. His words burned into my mind. And now I crave things the world says I shouldn’t. I open doors that should remain closed...
    Categorized as:
    horror  queer  dark  abuse  rape  age difference  contemporary  incest
  • Pretty for Master by Skylar Sweeney

    Pretty for Master by Skylar Sweeney

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Can a sociopath learn to love? Master plans to find out, and his captive agrees to lend a hand. But will Pretty lend his heart, too? PRETTY They call him the Mad Master. A giant in fancy clothes with a flower on his lapel, he rules his world like a king. He’s as terrifying as he is enthralling and as cruel as he is kind. All I’ve ever known is pain, so the way he loves to hurt me is nothing new...
  • Cuffed by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory

    Cuffed by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An Ex-Mayor Looking for a Second ChanceRoss Midberry lost it all in a moment of passion: his job, reputation, and freedom. Prison is no picnic. He doesn’t expect Stormy—a professional he’s fond of—to be his savior. Stormy gives Ross a home after his incarceration and encourages him to move on from his mistakes, while also giving him something he doesn’t know he needs—dominance...
  • Elijah by H.L. Night, H.L. Day

    Elijah by H.L. Night, H.L. Day

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Some people are players. Others are simply caught up in the game. Elijah Page has undergone a metamorphosis. It may not have been of his own doing, but he’s happy with the end result. Therefore, when he’s abducted by a shadowy organization, he’s not about to take anything at face value...
    Categorized as:
    forced proximity  queer  dark  m-m  suspense  abuse  mafia  bdsm
  • Resist Me Not by Amanda Meuwissen

    Resist Me Not by Amanda Meuwissen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Be a good parent.Be a good partner.And you can pretend I don’t exist.Trey Fisher is like any refined gentleman. Well-dressed, well-groomed, with a steady job that brings him all around the country for travel writing about interesting hot spots, and he even calls his mother weekly.He also murders the abusive filth of the world if they happen to cross his path...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  dark  m-m  length-medium
  • Lockpick by Amy Thorn

    Lockpick by Amy Thorn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Lockpick Everything changed the day Malice walked out on me. He was the love of my life, the man I thought I was going to grow old with. Then he was gone and I was alone. I threw myself into my club and into my work until Malice is gunned down and left for dead. Malice Returning to Unity Creek was never part of my plan...
  • Silence of the Missing by Rick R. Reed

    Silence of the Missing by Rick R. Reed

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He went into the woods…and never came out.In 1986, thirteen-year-old Jeb Kleber vanished during his small town’s Fourth of July fireworks. His mysterious disappearance left his first love, Sammy Blake, grieving for years.Flash forward to present day. A now middle-aged Sam Blake has a comfortable and predictable life with his husband Marc in Chicago...
  • Death Blooms by Yolanda Olson

    Death Blooms by Yolanda Olson

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I deal in beautiful things.I'm paid to create unique masterpieces and I enjoy my work.I'm the best there is because I'm patient, kind, and quick.I wear the mask of humanity when I need to, and I play the part of just another stranger walking past you on the street, but there's something I want that I can't quite seem to get my hands on...
    Categorized as:
    horror  queer  dark  m-m  from hate to love  m-f  suspense  new adult
  • The Cabin by B. Ripley

    The Cabin by B. Ripley

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    An MM Zombie Apocalypse RomanceRunning for my life from a zombie horde is one thing but doing it with Jesse Winters at my side is a different beast.I have wanted him since the first moment he walked into the club I work at but I’ve never let him know...
  • To Have and to Hold - Criminal Delights: Taken by Abigail Kade

    To Have and to Hold - Criminal Delights: Taken by Abigail Kade

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Criminal Delights My name is Worthington Winters, and I have a confession before I die. I know he's a killer. I know one day he'll even kill me, but I don't care. Because I feel more free with my captor than I ever did with my husband. My husband courted me, seduced me, ensnared me, then subjugated me in my own home. He pushed and I would bend...
  • Be Mine, Heartless Valentine by Ashlynn Mills

    Be Mine, Heartless Valentine by Ashlynn Mills

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What started off as nothing more than a product to them quickly became everything to me.Each Friday is the same. I drive a borrowed truck to a warehouse to pick up a delivery. The back of the truck stays locked at all times, and I never look inside no matter what. These are the rules I must follow without any mishaps. Nothing can go wrong. Until it does...
  • Crocodile Tears by Xanthe Walter

    Crocodile Tears by Xanthe Walter

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Heart-pounding MM romantic suspense thriller set in a dystopian near future where love and loss collide.Dark water. Deadly secrets. Dangerous love.Top homicide detective Josiah Raine hasn't touched another man since his husband's brutal murder seven years ago. Notorious bad boy Alexander Lytton hasn't known peace since he destroyed his privileged life to become Britain's most hated man...
  • Conflicted by Ashlynn Mills

    Conflicted by Ashlynn Mills

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When he said I do to my daughter, I swear he meant those words for me.AndresSamantha needs a husband. I need the money. A marriage of convenience is all it's supposed to be. She has her father's reputation to save and I have medical expenses to pay. Then I meet him and worry our agreement is over before it begins. My stupidity and lonlieness might cost me everything...
  • LOVE MURDER BASKETBALL, Volume 1 by Kurutta Hito

    LOVE MURDER BASKETBALL, Volume 1 by Kurutta Hito

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A thrilling game of cat and mouse, murder and mystery...As the son of one of the most infamous Yakuza bosses in Japan, Shoto Tanaka's life has been anything but average. Then he meets the most popular athlete in Japan, Goro Nakamura. Goro is used to putting on a show for the public, and since he comes from a family of wealth and notoriety, he's frequently in the limelight...
    Categorized as:
    horror  queer  dark  m-m  new adult  length-medium
  • Glam by K. Webster

    Glam by K. Webster

    Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It started on New Year’s Eve… They ridiculed him for his sexuality.Dragged his name through the mud.Blasted the most intimate parts of him all over the Internet.Those fools thought they could ruin gay little Austin Mallari. They were wrong. Their hate killed the boy and GLAM was born.An Internet sensation.The shiniest star in Hollywood.A dark prince in the bedroom...
  • By Way of Pain - Criminal Delights: Assassins by J.M. Dabney

    By Way of Pain - Criminal Delights: Assassins by J.M. Dabney

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Criminal Delights Double lives were just the way it was for a man like me. By day I was a man with a reputation above reproach. Even assassins needed backup plans. For fifteen years, life was going without a hitch until I had to take out a witness. When it was time to kill him, beautiful eyes filled with fear urged me to do something else...
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