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  • Running on Air by Eleventy7

    Running on Air by Eleventy7

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects.
  • Jon's Helter Skelter Cold Case by A.J. Sherwood, Katie Griffin

    Jon's Helter Skelter Cold Case by A.J. Sherwood, Katie Griffin

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Jonathan Bane and Donovan Havili cordially invite you to their wedding. They just have to prove a man’s innocence and get him out of prison first. Not to mention prove Solomon completely inept (not hard), and fired from being a detective. Oh, and train Jon’s new apprentice. They can probably get married this year. Probably. Tags:...
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  • Big Bad Wolf Collection by Charlie Adhara

    Big Bad Wolf Collection by Charlie Adhara

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Agent Cooper Dayton gets paired with his enemy, werewolf Oliver Park in Charlie Adhara’s Big Bad Wolf series. WOLF AT THE DOOR. Hunting for big bad wolves was never part of Agent Cooper Dayton’s plan, but a werewolf attack lands him in the carefully guarded Bureau of Special Investigations. A new case comes with a new partner: ruggedly sexy werewolf Oliver Park...
  • Oracle by Macy Blake

    Oracle by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Koios, AKA the Oracle, is a man with a mission: hunt down and destroy the manticore who’s been tormenting his pack. There’s only one thing standing in his way…a giant, stubborn bear named Ben Jerrick.
  • Hell Breaks Loose by Macy Blake

    Hell Breaks Loose by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Safe to say Achim’s life wasn’t going as planned. First, his mission for the fire goddess ended up with him—a hellhound who’d never actually been to hell—being sent precisely there...
  • Alphas Never Hide by Lori Ames

    Alphas Never Hide by Lori Ames

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The wolf who refuses to be Alpha. Hayden Walker might be trapped in Willow Lake by guilt and duty, but he’s no one’s alpha. It doesn’t matter how many times people call him Alpha, with a capital A like it’s his name, he just isn’t—just ask his last pack. They had no problem rejecting him to follow his traitorous brother, Robbie, twelve years ago...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  magic  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  audiobook
  • Watching Out for Fangs by Lisa Oliver

    Watching Out for Fangs by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Josh moved from the huge San Antonio pack to join the men at Cloverleah looking for a bit more adventure, and the chance to meet his mate. He’s quick to adapt to the much smaller pack, and even his status as one of the few beta wolves in a group full of Alphas. A chance visit from the Atlanta coven has him meeting the man he was waiting for. It was just a damn shame he was unconscious at the time...
  • Give Me A Reason: Helios by Lisa Oliver

    Give Me A Reason: Helios by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Throughout the eons of time it was said that when it came to Fated Mates, the Fates never made a mistake...
  • Dead Line by Pandora Pine

    Dead Line by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Police Chief Cisco Jackson is rushed to the hospital after suffering a heart attack, he has one request for Detective Ronan O’ find a young mother who vanished without a trace. Ronan is itching to jump feet first into the search, but after recently being shot in the line of duty, promised his husband he’d turned his badge in for good...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  length-short
  • Ghost Friends Forever by Pandora Pine

    Ghost Friends Forever by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What if your imaginary friend wasn’t so imaginary after all? Detective Jude Byrne, sick of working alleged cases of infidelity, takes on client Sam Jones, a man looking to reconnect with his first love. As the search for Greta begins, Jude realizes Sam might be the reason his lost love has fallen off the grid...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  magic  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  hurt-comfort
  • Dead Man's Chest by Pandora Pine

    Dead Man's Chest by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One phone call can change everything. Sick of snow and ice, psychic Tennyson Grimm jumps at the chance to head to Florida for a little fun in the sun. While sitting on the beach, his phone rings with a call from prison inmate River Ramsey who has a startling “You don’t know me, but I’m your brother...
  • Ghost in the Box by Pandora Pine

    Ghost in the Box by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A killer is on the loose in Salem who not only wants to take your life, but your soul as well…Psychic Copeland Forbes anonymously receives a locked wooden box with an unknown spirit trapped inside. Attached to the chest is a cryptic May you get what you truly deserve...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  magic  suspense  queer  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  fantasy
  • Dead Ringer by Pandora Pine

    Dead Ringer by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Cold Case Detective and newlywed, Ronan O’Mara, is sitting on top of the world. When he returns to work after his honeymoon, he finds more waiting for him than a stack of dusty cold case files. Hidden in the mail on Ronan’s desk is a letter from Tank Hutchins, aka The Riverside Ripper...
  • Ascendant King by Kai Butler

    Ascendant King by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    His life is in my hands, but my heart is in his. Miles Castillo has the one thing his mother never did: time. As he gathers new members to his pack and help in his war against House Bartlett, he can’t help but wish that Cade was more than a reluctant ally. But the ice prince has made his position clear and nothing Miles can do will change the history that divides them...
  • Contested Crown by Kai Butler

    Contested Crown by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    I can’t give him up, even if it costs me my life. .. Miles and Cade are on the run. Without money, protection, or allies they have only each other to rely on as they flee the most powerful mage house in the country. Unfortunately, the outside world is even more dangerous than the lion’s den they just escaped from...
  • Give Him Hell by Casey Drake, Macy Blake

    Give Him Hell by Casey Drake, Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Nick Smith is a man with a mission: find the place where he’d been held captive as a child and discover what happened to the kids he left behind. His memories are in flux, returned to him after being blocked for the past fourteen years, along with his ability to shift into his lion form. Nick is ready for answers...
  • Castiel by Taylor Rylan

    Castiel by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They were supposed to be colleagues. Fate had other plans for them. Dr. Castiel Bennett has been alone a very long time. The oldest son of one of an original eight, he’s seen a lot in his long life. As a gargoyle, he doesn’t mind living a solitary life, but he knows it would be so much better with his fated mate by his side...
  • Angel in Black Leather Pants by Lisa Oliver

    Angel in Black Leather Pants by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cloverleah Pack Series, Book 9. Adair was tired of waiting. He knew he had a mate, although they'd never met, and his waiting wasn't made any easier watching Tobias snuggling close with his two mates. He'd thought a lot of the smaller wolf at one time. All he had was the company of his two brothers, and endless patrols trying to keep the Cloverleah pack lands safe...
  • Dead Wood by Pandora Pine

    Dead Wood by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the harrowing events aboard the ghost train, Detective Ronan O’Mara is excited to reach the Double D Ranch in Deadwood, South Dakota. He plans to immerse himself in the old west by learning to ride horses, panning for gold and attending a rodeo. It’s the perfect mix of rest and relaxation he so desperately needs...
  • Validate: The Final Book in the Magic Users of Greenford Trilogy by Lisa Oliver

    Validate: The Final Book in the Magic Users of Greenford Trilogy by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “The next time someone knocks at the front door, would you just do the doggy thing and bite them? Please? ”. Stefan de Marco and Lucifer Fireborn are back for this third installment of The Magic Users of Greenford trilogy. You’d have thought things would’ve quietened down by now. But no...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fated-mates  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  length-long
  • Ghost Falls by Pandora Pine

    Ghost Falls by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the way to a psychic convention in Niagara Falls, Detective Jude Byrne sees a commercial advertising famed daredevil Cannonball Jackson’s latest stunt, going over the falls in a barrel. Jude thinks it would fun to witness the attempt until his husband tells him the day will end in tragedy. From that moment, Jude’s entire focus is on saving Cannonball from himself...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Fangs Bear'd  (Silver Springs) by Jewels Arthur

    Fangs Bear'd (Silver Springs) by Jewels Arthur

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A broken bear shifter and the vampire bouncer that everyone loves. Reggie loves his job at Vee. It gives him a chance to flex his muscles and meet new people. Like Lars, a bear shifter that has had a really rough couple of months after a very dangerous love affair...
  • The Last Seer by Davidson King

    The Last Seer by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Learning he’s the last seer should make Bashiri feel special, unique. In this case, it’s the most terrifying and heartbreaking realization ever. Bashiri spends his days loving his animals, running his own meditation studio, and knowing his kind are hunted while hiding in plain sight. He also spends a lot of time avoiding a certain grumpy vampire who rejected him one too many times...
  • Cain's Shadow by Lisa Oliver

    Cain's Shadow by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hellhounds who love scritches, a hellhound baby who’s as adorable as he is menacing, a special tree with beautiful buds, and Lord Hades in a pale pink shirt. This story has everything to make you smile. Hellhound Cain was beyond frustrated. He couldn’t even visit his pack mate in New York without some curly headed blond following him around...
  • Dead For Teacher by Pandora Pine

    Dead For Teacher by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In 1968, three school children were allegedly poisoned to death by their teacher, Marie Fairbanks. A week later, Ms. Fairbanks was murdered, and the cops marked it off as a justifiable homicide. Case closed. No further investigation needed. Now, Detective Ronan O’Mara’s daughter has encountered the spirits of those dead children and Everly’s determined to help them rest in peace...
  • Sebastian by Taylor Rylan

    Sebastian by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Magical balls of energy, brioche bread, and mangoes. Sebastian never thought those three things would lead him to his One. Can he charm his way into Drew’s heart? Sebastian Ainsworth left his life behind in Spain to join the Paranormal Council enforcers when Master Edison reached out in need of warlocks for their extra abilities...
  • Ghost Tour by Pandora Pine

    Ghost Tour by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With the kids out of school for the summer, Detective Jude Byrne takes everyone on vacation to Arizona to visit the Grand Canyon and his grandfather, Running Eagle. The trip will be a chance for everyone to relax and enjoy some fun in the sun without a cold case to work or ghosts to hunt. Little does Jude know he’s dead wrong on both counts...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Dead Fun by Pandora Pine

    Dead Fun by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Come one, come all to Fun-A-Rama, where all your screams come true…. Ride the teacups. Reach new heights on the Ferris Wheel. Survive the Viper. If you dare. What could be more fun than a day at an amusement park filled with rides, games, and all the junk food you can eat? Ronan O’Mara can’t wait to tame the Viper, the parks double loop rollercoaster just like he did when he was a kid...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Ghost After Dark by Pandora Pine

    Ghost After Dark by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    While listening to the wildly popular paranormal podcast Ghost After Dark, psychic Copeland Forbes hears a disembodied voice crying out for help. The episode was investigating the haunting of a clifftop mansion, where Domenica Fibonacci lived with her wealthy husband, Vic. On a stormy night in 1984, she tragically fell to her death...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Dimitri by Taylor Rylan

    Dimitri by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They both come from powerful lines. What will that mean for their future together? Dimitri Vasiliev has led an interesting life. Being the grandson of the created dragon comes with certain perks, but he’s never let who he is dictate his life. He’s always pulled his own weight, no matter what the task...
  • Cupcake: Unlocked Mates Book 9 by Athena Steller

    Cupcake: Unlocked Mates Book 9 by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Logan. Being kicked out of my pride, I wandered around the country until Axel found my malnourished lion side and invited me into his home. I’ve found family, brotherhood, and happiness here. Now as paramormals are starting to find mates once more, it’s been amazing to see my brothers find their perfect matches. I want a mate too! So badly...
    Categorized as:
    magic  shapeshifters  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy
  • How to Rescue Your Surprise Baby by Anna Wineheart

    How to Rescue Your Surprise Baby by Anna Wineheart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Surprise baby. Frenemies on a rescue mission. Alpha/Alpha, alpha-preg. Telos has a secret he's taking to his grave. Instead of the small, vulnerable men he's supposed to want, he can't stop thinking about a certain broad-shouldered shifter in his alpha friend group. The man he's on a rescue mission with. Of course, Mav hates his guts...
  • You Are My Sunshine by E. Broom

    You Are My Sunshine by E. Broom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dr Justice Jackson is grumpy, having turned his back on magic and his deranged family years ago. He enjoys his work but is having a struggle, as most of his patients prefer witch potions over scientifically proven medicine. But now his secret is out. He is descended from a dark line of witches, a secret he’d promised himself he would never reveal...
  • Sunshine: Unlocked mates Book 11 by Athena Steller

    Sunshine: Unlocked mates Book 11 by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sunshine: Unlocked Mates Book 11. Hudson. Moving back to his town of birth, Hudson Moore couldn’t be happier. He has an amazing job with the fire department, the house he shares with his brother is the perfect fixer upper, and he already has a new best friend. Everything is perfectly in place. Hudson knows that this is where he is supposed to be...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  magic  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy
  • Sweetheart by Athena Steller

    Sweetheart by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Levi. He left behind his clutch, his parents, and siblings for the chance of finding his mate. The person who was meant to be just for him. The perfect match promised by the fates for the chosen ones. Finding his mate nearly brought Levi to his knees with happiness. Mason, a park ranger, was everything he could have ever wanted as a partner. As his boy...
  • Missed ConEGGtions by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar

    Missed ConEGGtions by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Living as a human is fine… that is until you find yourself shifting on a hike…in front of your natural enemy, only to have your snake declare them your mate. Alpha dragon shifter Laden was down on his luck, when a distant relative took him in and gave him a new start. Now he has his own company and a flight he feels at peace among. If only he wasn’t so lonely...
  • Blood Fall by Crista Crown

    Blood Fall by Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Josh Thomas had been turned into a vampire three years ago, and every day had been torture ever since then. Until he escaped his captors. But he wasn't trying to grab a chance at life, he was trying to find escape in true death. Kaden Ward had never imagined he could be so compatible with someone he could hear their thoughts, but he's found that in Josh. And Josh's mind is a dark and broken place...
  • Roman: Destined Paranormals Book Seven by Taylor Rylan

    Roman: Destined Paranormals Book Seven by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An overly protective alpha tiger. A sweet fae omega. Will Roman’s natural instincts to protect be too much for Beau? Roman Nelson’s life has been anything but relaxing. After spending a little over two decades raising his younger twin brothers and protecting them from the shifter that killed their parents, he finally found help from the newly formed paranormal council...
  • Forever Together by Shelby Rhodes

    Forever Together by Shelby Rhodes

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Octavius Evander here. I suppose you have come to see how it all ends. Well, ‘ends’, as in, we’ve reached the end of this part of my story. It wouldn’t be proper of me to move on until we finish it all off, right? As this is the last book in this series, I feel it is my duty, to end things with a bang! A glittery bang. By bang, I mean, a giant, super cool, Halloween party...
  • Monroe by Taylor Rylan

    Monroe by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Can a humbled fae and a rescued omega wolf find happiness together? Monroe Rivertown was publicly humbled in front of most of his village when his younger brother, Montgomery, was chosen by the fates to join his mate before he was. He spent well over a year self-reflecting and trying to become a better person. Not only for him but for his future mate as well...
  • The Necromancer's Smile 2: A Family Affair by Lisa Oliver

    The Necromancer's Smile 2: A Family Affair by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Necromancer's Smile - Book 2 - A Family Affair. (This is not a standalone). Necromancer Sy York and former Detective, Alpha wolf Dakar Rhodes are slowly learning to merge their lives together as true mates. With the steadfast Brock and loyal Brad, as well as Connor and Clive all sharing the estate with them, for the first time in his life, Sy feels as though he has a family around him...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fated-mates  queer  m-m  fantasy  paranormal  audiobook
  • Fire Wings by Jena Wade

    Fire Wings by Jena Wade

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rule number 1 of internet Never send pictures first. I’m known as “the dragon who almost exposed us all” thanks to some less than spectacular choices in my youth. The fact that I even have my new job as Flight Trainer for Fire Wing Academy is more of a second chance than I ever thought I’d get. I refuse to mess it up… that is until I do...
  • Knot Afraid by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Knot Afraid by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Evan Nilsen's Ideal Omega:. • funny. • gentle. • just as awkward as Evan. I always imagined I'd end up with someone kind of like me. Maybe even a nurse so we could open our own practice, saving the world one omega or baby at a time. But then Luis Alfaro walks in, scared, dark, and dangerous—and I freeze like the rabbit I am...
  • Resistance by Amy Rae Durreson

    Resistance by Amy Rae Durreson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    How do you rebuild a broken nation? Iskandir doesn’t know, but as resistance leader turned peacetime governor, he’s trying his best, even though he believes his best will never be good enough. But things are about to get a lot worse in Tiallat. First, the rats begin to die. Next, humans begin to sicken too...
  • Wrong Number, Right Santa (Dial M For Mates) by Colbie Dunbar, Lorelei M. Hart

    Wrong Number, Right Santa (Dial M For Mates) by Colbie Dunbar, Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sometimes the wrong Santa is the exact one you need. I didn’t volunteer to run the Winter Pines Community Center Christmas Spectacular. I know my limits, but when I miss a meeting thanks to a stupid flat tire, I find myself the proud owner of the position. With the event less than a week away, I have everything in place; the food, the gifts, the decorations, even the music...
  • Murder Without Magic by Ripley Hayes

    Murder Without Magic by Ripley Hayes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Peter and Lorne have taken the plunge: moved in together in a little house by the sea. Peter has his dream job, and Lorne has his dream kitchen, and so what if things go bump in the night next door? they can ignore it. The ghost with a violent streak isn’t so easy to ignore. Nor is the dead body in next door’s garden...
  • Canyon's Choice: Timber Valley Wolf Pack Book 6 by Taylor Rylan

    Canyon's Choice: Timber Valley Wolf Pack Book 6 by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What if in order to accept the one fated for you, you had to give up everything else you ever wanted? Canyon has spent his entire adult life wanting what any other alpha wants: a mate and family. He’s watched every one of his siblings find theirs, and just when he thinks it’s finally his turn, the Fates get things wrong. Thomas knows not everything works out as planned...
  • Grey is the New Black by E. Broom

    Grey is the New Black by E. Broom

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “We use cupcakes to stop the vicious killer flying puppies? ” Sion asks, trying not to laugh. “Any particular flavour? ”. Saladin Edenwood is a true dark witch from one of the original lines, but he doesn’t want to use his magic for evil. He gets to decide how he uses his magic, not his family or his magic...
  • A Bunny for Bruce by Lorelei M. Hart

    A Bunny for Bruce by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It all started with a pink slip… Omega bunny shifter Wayne was living the corporate dream. That was until his company decided to close his entire division. Living near his fluffle has always been top priority for Wayne, but when the best job he can find locally doesn’t even pay his rent, he has no choice but to widen his search area...
  • Brewing for My Mate by Lorelei M. Hart

    Brewing for My Mate by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I started the Oliver Creek Brew five years ago before Oliver Creek went from sleepy and dying to a bustling, trendy town. I wait daily for my omega to walk right in and order a coffee. Perhaps I’ve been reading too many romance novels. I long for him, whoever he is. Everyone loves coffee and pastries, and I even offer a selection of superior loose-leaf teas...
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