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  • Running on Air by Eleventy7

    Running on Air by Eleventy7

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 21 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: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 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...
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  • A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

    A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    The brilliant detective Ana Dolabra may have finally met her match in the gripping sequel to The Tainted Cup--from the bestselling author of The Founders Trilogy.In the canton of Yarrowdale, at the very edge of the Empire’s reach, an impossible crime has occurred...
  • Evil All Along by Gregory Ashe

    Evil All Along by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say love makes fools of us all. It certainly makes idiots out of some of us.It’s Dash’s second Halloween in Hastings Rock, and this year, he’s determined to have a normal spooky season—he’s going to hang out with his friends, hand out lots of candy, and seize every available opportunity for snuggles with a certain deputy.Fate, though, has other things in store...
  • I Went on an Adventure and All I Got Was This Barbarian Orc by Jennifer Cody

    I Went on an Adventure and All I Got Was This Barbarian Orc by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    I honestly thought passing through the ward to the freezing land of Gwafellaw would be more miserable than it turns out to be. Who has time to be miserable when everything in the land wants to kill you? No one, that’s who.Between fighting dragons, finding a new species, and saving a crazy druid, Berklak and I are learning exactly what it means to be anchored, tied together, bonded, and in love...
  • Gillette Park by Gerri Hill, Nicol Zanzarella

    Gillette Park by Gerri Hill, Nicol Zanzarella

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Gillette Park, a sleepy town nestled in the Rocky Mountains, harbors a secret.Twenty-three years ago, a young girl went missing. Three days later her body was found lodged beneath the footbridge over Gillette Creek. The murder shook the town but they soon found it was only the beginning. A serial killer hides among them—a serial killer who strikes twice, sometimes three times a year...
  • Away Childish Things by lettered

    Away Childish Things by lettered

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fandom: Harry PotterRelationship: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter--------------------------------------------------Harry gets de-aged. Malfoy has to help him...
  • Whyborne and Griffin, Books 4-6: Necropolis, Bloodline, and Hoarfrost by Jordan L. Hawk

    Whyborne and Griffin, Books 4-6: Necropolis, Bloodline, and Hoarfrost by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Books 4-6 in the Best-Selling Whyborne & Griffin Series, now in one convenient download. Save 30% off the cover price of buying separately! Necropolis, Bloodline, and Hoarfrost Whyborne and Griffin join Christine midst the ancient ruins of the pharaohs, to face betrayal, murder, and a legendary sorceress risen from the dead...
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    mystery  queer  historical  fantasy  paranormal  m-m  horror  magic
  • Sword & Thistle by S.L. Rowland

    Sword & Thistle by S.L. Rowland

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    With age comes wisdom. For a seasoned adventurer, it also comes with back pain.Taking quests, exploring ruins, and camping under the stars. For Dobbin Thornhill, there’s no better life than that of an adventurer. Especially with a reputation like his.His current task? Acquiring the elusive dragonfire mushroom for one of Eastborne’s secret societies...
  • 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  queer  m-m  paranormal  suspense  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  queer  paranormal  suspense  m-m  fantasy  magic  hurt-comfort
  • Dead Tired by Pandora Pine

    Dead Tired by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After a late night slip and fall in his kitchen, Detective Ronan O’Mara awakens to find his mother, Erin, who’s been dead for the last decade, at his side comforting him. Thanks to the blow to the head, he’s able to see and speak with spirits...
  • 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  queer  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  magic  fantasy  suspense
  • 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...
  • Curses & Cocktails by S.L. Rowland

    Curses & Cocktails by S.L. Rowland

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When life gives you lemons, squeeze them into a stiff drink and stir.After twenty years defending the frozen north against some of the most dangerous threats in the nine kingdoms, Rhoren “Bloodbane” has finally earned his retirement...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  fantasy  magic  high fantasy  m-m  military  paranormal
  • Beach Blanket Homicide by Maria Geraci

    Beach Blanket Homicide by Maria Geraci

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Everyone agrees that Lucy McGuffin bakes the best muffins in Whispering Bay, but she's got another talent, one that she's tried her whole life to hide. Lucy can always tell when a person is lying or telling the truth. Being a human lie detector isn't all that it's cracked up to be...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  paranormal  m-m  humor  suspense  fantasy  length-short
  • 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...
  • 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  queer  paranormal  suspense  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Dead on Arrival by Pandora Pine

    Dead on Arrival by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Newly retired from the Boston Police Department, Ronan O’Mara is looking forward to spending time with his husband, Tennyson, and his daughter. It turns out walking away from his job is harder than he thought. When Ronan is offered the chance to work some cases at West Side Magick, he jumps at the chance...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  length-short
  • Coldburgh Train Station by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Coldburgh Train Station by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Do you hear bumps in the night? Get unexplained chills? Feel like someone’s watching you when you’re all alone? Don’t stay scared! Shoot RIPP a message for all your spooktacular needs!DaneI only go along with Rory and Thad’s crazy plan of checking out an abandoned train station because they seem so excited, and I honestly don’t care what we do for our film class project...
  • Ghost Shift by Pandora Pine

    Ghost Shift by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A killer is working the night shift at Salem Mercy Hospital. Or at least that’s what psychic Copeland Forbes believes after an exposé highlighting unexplained deaths is published. Wanting to get involved, he’s cautioned to let the matter go. People die in hospitals, Cope’s told, and while that’s unfortunately true, he knows these deaths are not from natural causes...
  • 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...
  • 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  queer  paranormal  suspense  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  queer  paranormal  suspense  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  queer  paranormal  suspense  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Murder on the Lamplight Express by Morgan Stang

    Murder on the Lamplight Express by Morgan Stang

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    All aboard for mysteries, murders and monsters on the Lamplight Express .The orders given to Isabeau Agarwal and her partner are ensure the safety of all passengers and crew until point of destination. But on the maiden voyage of this luxury train, nothing is quite what it seems...
  • Legal Drug, Volume 03 by CLAMP

    Legal Drug, Volume 03 by CLAMP

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Sent by Kakei to enroll in a mysterious high school, the boys must retrieve an equally mysterious ring. But Kudo and Himura discover that there is more to these hallowed halls than is out of the closet. And their discovery may very well uncover more about each other than they truly want to know...
  • Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura

    Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From Storm in Heaven:Rakan lives alone, and the plants in his garden grow so thick and fast that it seems like a jungle. One day a man, holding a gun made of wood, falls right down into his garden. He seems to come from another world, and he's searching for someone who can bring back the green into his own dark and inhospitable world...
  • 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...
  • Dead To Me by Pandora Pine

    Dead To Me by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Psychic, Tennyson Grimm, was kicked out of his house and disowned by his religious parents when he came out to them as gay and psychic. The last thing Tennyson’s father said before the teenager boarded a Greyhound bus to Boston was that his son was dead to him...
  • To Find Him and Love Him Again, Volume 1 by Harper Fox

    To Find Him and Love Him Again, Volume 1 by Harper Fox

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    (Author’s note and warning: this is Volume One of Two in this tenth Tyack & Frayne story, and does have a cliffhanger end! Volume Two is available to pre-order from Amazon now with a release date of August 2020...
  • Dead of Night by Pandora Pine

    Dead of Night by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one is more surprised than Cold Case Detective, Ronan O’Mara when he answers his doorbell one night to see members of Salem’s Wiccan community standing on his doorstep with an unbelievable story to tell. According to them, members of their coven are being murdered in a modern-day witch hunt and they want Ronan to look into the matter for them...
  • Dead Serious by Pandora Pine

    Dead Serious by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a grieving father begs the cold case team to investigate the untimely death of his eighteen year old son from a suspected fraternity hazing, Detective Ronan O’Mara is all in. Discovering the previous detectives assigned to the case have done little over the years to solve it, Ronan is determined to uncover exactly what happened to Bash Stark...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  paranormal  suspense  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Ghost Motel by Pandora Pine

    Ghost Motel by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tourists check in, but they don’t check out…Wanting to spend one last summer weekend with his family, Detective Jude Byrne books them into a four star hotel on Maine’s beautiful rocky coast. Unfortunately, when Jude arrives, he finds the name of the hotel is Four Star and the motel itself looks the same as it did when it opened in 1976...
  • Dead Giveaway by Pandora Pine

    Dead Giveaway by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With no customers to speak of, Psychic Tennyson Grimm decides he’s going to take some well-deserved time away from work, when a woman bursts into his office with a cremation urn she found in a neighbor’s trash. Laura is excited for Tennyson to make contact with the spirit, so that she’ll have an incredible story to tell her book club...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  paranormal  suspense  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Dead For Christmas by Pandora Pine

    Dead For Christmas by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s beginning to look a lot like murder…While on vacation in Florida with his family, Detective Ronan O’Mara gets the one call every police officer dreads; his former partner, Shane Matheson, is dead. Retired and living in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida, Shane took a job as a mall Santa...
  • Ghosted by Pandora Pine

    Ghosted by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After an argument with his husband, Detective Jude Byrne leaves the house to cool off. When Jude hasn’t returned after two hours, Cope begins to worry. He calls around to all of their friends and neighbors in attempt to find his missing husband, but to no avail. Jude Byrne had vanished without a trace...
  • Dear Door 1【電子特典付き】 by Pluto

    Dear Door 1【電子特典付き】 by Pluto

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    After the loss of his fiancée, police officer Kyungjoon resigned himself to a life of watering his house plants and catching two-bit criminals. But after a police investigation into a mysterious cult goes supernatural, he finds himself face-to-face with “Lord Cain,” a demon king in desperate need of mana in order to survive...
  • Faraway Wanderers by Priest

    Faraway Wanderers by Priest

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    番外已更~谁是谁的天涯过客?一场始料未及的邂逅,一个没有结局的开始,一座城,一个人。第一篇文章,分两次更新,感谢大家的支持。欢迎关注微博@-浅青衣-"Faraway Wanderers"A tale about the former leader of a special organization that served under royalty, now leaving his past life behind and unintentionally getting involved with the martial world...
  • Walk a Mile by Sarah Madison

    Walk a Mile by Sarah Madison

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sequel to Unspeakable Words Six months after starting their hunt for a serial killer who is still at large, FBI agents Jerry Lee Parker and John Flynn are partners in every sense. But Jerry has serious doubts about their relationship and whether they would even be together if not for the way Flynn changed after touching a mysterious artifact in a museum...
  • Ghostly Dilemma by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Dilemma by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes it's the little cases.Not every minute of being a detective is spent solving huge murder cases. Sometimes it's the little ones that take up Detective Young's life, like the seventy-year-old cold case that suddenly fell into his lap or figuring out if a death was suicide or murder.Lance spends most of his time working cases that no one hears about...
  • All Our Secrets Laid Bare by Firethesound

    All Our Secrets Laid Bare by Firethesound

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fandom: Harry PotterRelationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Harry Potter/Original Male Character(s)--------------------------------------------------Over the six years Draco Malfoy has been an Auror, four of his partners have turned up dead. Harry Potter is assigned as his newest partner to investigate just what is going on...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  fantasy  m-m  magic  paranormal  length-medium
  • No Friends in Abergwyn by Ripley Hayes

    No Friends in Abergwyn by Ripley Hayes

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Abergwyn seemed a lot more exciting with Lorne. And that was before the camper van convoy arrived.Peter Tudor was coming to terms with his quiet life as a district nurse when a bunch of strangers turn up to visit his maybe-boyfriend Lorne Stewart. They bring a mysterious package, secrets and jealousy from the past, and magic that even sceptical Peter can't ignore...
  • Todd by Lisa Oliver, J.P. Sayle

    Todd by Lisa Oliver, J.P. Sayle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Book Three: Paranormal Gay Romance / MMM / Two Alphas / One Omega/ Fated Mates / Brothers Security Team / Mpreg / Missing Dragon eggs / High Steam / Lots of Tentacles.Were the Fates wrong giving Todd two mates, or will the two dragons be able to redeem themselves and win his heart? Todd Thalassa is the youngest of five krakens and the only omega...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  menage  paranormal  vampires  fantasy  audiobook
  • Pros & Cons of Christmas by A.E. Wasp

    Pros & Cons of Christmas by A.E. Wasp

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christmas time and the gang is celebrating leaving the threats and dangers behind them with a week long house party in the country. It’s the perfect opportunity for a murder.★★★★★My name is Charlie Binghman. Well, it was back when I was a conman. Now I’m done. Finished. Out of the business. A vigilante grifter no more. Charlie Bingham is dead for real this time...
  • Protecting His Fox by Fel Fern, Kara Kitt

    Protecting His Fox by Fel Fern, Kara Kitt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Your letters kept me alive all these years... but I’m done waiting.Declan Simmons’ time in the paranormal army left him with scars, both inside and out. Night after night, Declan dreams of the monster that wiped out his entire unit. Cliff is his safe harbor. He’s the sole reason Declan hasn’t given in to despair. He knows what’s between Cliff and him is special..
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  magic  m-m  fantasy  paranormal  length-short
  • Dead Sick by Pandora Pine

    Dead Sick by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What’s worse than being stuck in bed with the flu? Being quarantined with your two best friends.When Ronan O’Mara wakes up stuffy and coughing, his family wants nothing to do with him. Upon hearing the other cold case detectives are sick too, Tennyson suggests the three men bunk together, so no one else gets sick...
  • Underhill: A Halloween Story by Harper Fox

    Underhill: A Halloween Story by Harper Fox

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It’s Halloween, and Lee is wrapping up a TV special at Underhill, a haunted house on Bodmin Moor. There’s only one problem – despite its terrible past, this house doesn’t seem to be haunted at all. Not great for the fans of Spirits of Cornwall, but all Lee wants to do is get home to Gideon and Tamsyn in time for their family party...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  fantasy  paranormal  length-novella
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