Books like 'These Hallowed Bones'

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  • New York Minute (In These Words: Prequel) by Kichiku Neko, Suzume

    New York Minute (In These Words: Prequel) by Kichiku Neko, Suzume

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In These Words prequel that takes the readers back to a newly NY State employed Dr. Asano Katsuya. The 27 year-old had never sought company until one Christmas day Katsuya finally gave into the charm of a homicide detective at the Manhattan Precint.
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  fantasy  length-novella
  • Beyond Time by Lee McCormick

    Beyond Time by Lee McCormick

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    How many times will we kill each other? How many times can we fall in love? SETH. I always thought my world would begin and end with Jayce Walker. When a sleep study offers us life-changing money, we jump at the opportunity. There’s only one I don’t have insomnia. Bluffing my way in is easy, but getting there and losing everything that’s ever mattered is a nightmare I can’t escape. Jayce is gone...
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  • Pearl Boy by Inking

    Pearl Boy by Inking

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dooshik is in a bind. After making off with the takings from the gay bar where he worked, he seeks refuge in a small, coastal town. As his funds dwindle, he desperately needs a way to make ends meet. Still, a boy’s gotta eat! So he dives into a clam house to satisfy his cravings. But with no money to pay, he dashes off leaving Jooha, the server, to foot the bill...
    Categorized as:
    queer  dark  mafia  angst  fantasy  contemporary  m-m  rape
  • Iblis’ Affliction by Nero Seal

    Iblis’ Affliction by Nero Seal

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Iblīs (Arabic إبليس)—the primary devil in Islam. “If you sleep with the Devil, don’t expect to get out of hell. ”. DEMANDING. NEEDY. DANGEROUS. Slater is everything Talha doesn’t want but everything the crime lord needs. The bloodiest ripper of Anatolia, nicknamed Iblīs, kills for him and warms his bed...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  dark  m-m  bdsm  mafia  abuse  cheating
  • Therefore by Katherine Isaac

    Therefore by Katherine Isaac

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It was supposed to be a simple job. Get in. Grab the goods. Get out. Easy, right? Not if you're caught by an alpha. Trystan is all sharp smiles and sharper instincts—an omega thief who’s never once been caught. Until now. Emerson is everything Trystan hates in an alpha: big, bossy, and built like a problem. Unfortunately, he’s also the one standing between Trystan and freedom...
  • Run for us by Jaye Pratt

    Run for us by Jaye Pratt

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Sometimes life hands you a fork in the road. Mine feels more like a tidal wave crashing down on me, just as I’m about to turn thirty. Until now, I’ve been trying to live up to my mother’s impossible standards while drowning in deadlines, but I’ve finally had enough. Bluebell Bay is my escape plan. It’s a chance to figure out what I want from life, a place I don’t have to pretend...
  • Counterpunch by Aleksandr Voinov

    Counterpunch by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Fight like a man, or die like a slave. Brooklyn Marshall used to be a policeman in London, with a wife and a promising future ahead of him. Then he accidentally killed a rioter whose father was a Member of Parliament and had him convicted of murder. To ease the burden on the overcrowded prison system, Brooklyn was sold into slavery rather than incarcerated...
    Categorized as:
    hurt-comfort  queer  m-m  bdsm  sports  dark  abuse  slavery
  • We're All Mad Here by Richard Rider

    We're All Mad Here by Richard Rider

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A golden afternoon, a nightmare, and how sometimes you can only make sense of a thing through the looking-glass. (A Stockholm Syndrome short story. ).
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  bdsm  fantasy  age difference
  • Caste Heaven, Vol. 2 by Chise Ogawa

    Caste Heaven, Vol. 2 by Chise Ogawa

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Today’s top could be tomorrow’s bottom when playing the caste game! School is hard enough as it is, but when students are forced to play a cutthroat game to determine their social ranks—and subsequent treatment—all bets are off. Atsumu, a regular target of the school bullies, has had a rough life...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  abuse  dark  m-m  high-school  contemporary  rape
  • On Edge by Brooke Matthews

    On Edge by Brooke Matthews

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Ready. Set. Run. Marley. For fifteen years, Marley has spent his days plotting, waiting, dreaming. Once, his dreams were filled with limitless color, love, and boyish ambition. Now, they’re stained in red. He demands justice for his wasted time behind bars, sentenced for a crime he and his twin didn't commit...
    Categorized as:
    hurt-comfort  queer  horror  m-m  dark  m-m-m  abuse  contemporary
  • The Capo's Boy by Aja Foxx

    The Capo's Boy by Aja Foxx

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    ~ Nicky ~. I never intended to be a mobster's secret lover, but somehow I found myself in that position. It's been two years now and I can't say I hate it. It only becomes a problem when Vinnie's family tries to marry him off to someone else. I may be his little secret, but I refuse to be his side-piece...
  • Blood Stained Tea by Amy Tasukada

    Blood Stained Tea by Amy Tasukada

    Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A bloody past haunts him. A devastating present calls him back…. Nao hides from his violent past in the Japanese mob by opening a teahouse in Japan's cultural center, Kyoto. His past comes flooding back when he discovers a gravely injured man with a tattooed chest, a bloody knife, and a Korean business card. Saehyun would've died if not for Nao's help...
  • Blood Stained Tea by Amy Tasukada

    Blood Stained Tea by Amy Tasukada

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A bloody past haunts him. A devastating present calls him back…. Nao hides from his violent past in the Japanese mob by opening a teahouse in Japan's cultural center, Kyoto. His past comes flooding back when he discovers a gravely injured man with a tattooed chest, a bloody knife, and a Korean business card. Saehyun would've died if not for Nao's help...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  mystery  contemporary  dark  suspense  mafia  fantasy
  • Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    One day, You Huo and his famiIy was puIIed into an exam caIIed the GIobaI University Entrance Examination. Going through exams together with other unfortunate examinees, their Iives are put at stake and they can only Iive by passing each exam...
  • Evenfall by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Evenfall by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 53 ratings
    Years after the bombs of WWIII have changed the physical and political landscape, the Agency ruthlessly works behind the scenes to take down rebel groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means. Hsin Liu Vega (Sin) is their most efficient and deadly assassin ever...
  • Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews

    Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 40 ratings
    CG Drews, instant New York Times-bestselling author of Don't Let the Forest In, returns with another deeply unsettling and yet hauntingly beautiful tale of murder and botanical body horror, perfect for fans of Andrew Joseph White, Annihilation, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle...
  • Sacrifice by Nik Knight

    Sacrifice by Nik Knight

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 51 ratings
    Human—Angel—Nephilim. How can Riley fit in anywhere when he doesn’t know who or what he is? With his mysterious heritage shrouded in shadow, Riley Shepard struggles with his identity, his confusing sexuality, and the prohibited—but deepening—feelings for his guardian angels. Questions remain unanswered. His Guardians harbor secrets. And danger lurks just out of sight...
    Categorized as:
    queer  hurt-comfort  horror  angels  fantasy  erotica  m-m  paranormal
  • The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 by Mokumokuren

    The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 by Mokumokuren

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 36 ratings
    It has Hikaru’s face. It has Hikaru’s voice. It even has Hikaru’s memories. But whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn’t Yoshiki’s best friend. Whatever it is, it’s dangerous. Carrying on at school and hanging out as if nothing has changed―as if Hikaru isn’t gone―would be crazy. .. but when it looks so very like Hikaru. .. and acts so very like Hikaru. ..
  • Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews

    Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 73 ratings
    As alluring as it is unsettling, award-winning author CG Drews' debut YA psychological horror will leave readers breathless and hesitant to venture deeper into the woods. Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for him. Protect him. Lie for him. Kill for him...
    Categorized as:
    horror  queer  fantasy  young adult  mystery  paranormal  dark  m-m
  • Bloodlines by Andrea Speed

    Bloodlines by Andrea Speed

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 16 ratings
    Sequel to Prey. In a world where a werecat virus has changed society, Roan McKichan, a born infected and ex-cop, works as a private detective trying to solve crimes involving other infecteds. The newly married Roan is struggling to balance his work with his home life as he grows increasingly distracted by his husband Paris's declining health...
  • A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

    A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 24 ratings
    Half-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this “beautifully written and deliciously complex” (Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers trilogy) sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones...
  • All the Inside Howling by Gregory Ashe

    All the Inside Howling by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Vie Eliot has survived a new high school, an abusive father, and the murderous Mr. Big Empty. Now, as Vie searches for Mr. Big Empty, he also finds himself facing an unexpected how to be a good boyfriend. When a mysterious drifter named River disappears, though, Vie finds himself dragged into finding the missing boy...
  • Unusual Emotions by Shelby Rhodes

    Unusual Emotions by Shelby Rhodes

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Foxx Honeywell here… Have you ever wanted something, but then when it finally happens, you panic and think of all the things that could go wrong, because things have always gone wrong? No? Just me? Well, let’s backtrack. We pick up where we last left off…after the hypocritical murdery priests. Yeah, I'm still dealing with all that...
  • Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

    Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 45 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Raven Boys, a mesmerizing story of dreams and desires, death and destiny. Something is happening to the source of the dreamers' power. It is blocked. Diminished. Weak. If it goes away entirely, what will happen to the dreamers and those who depend on them? Ronan Lynch isn't planning to wait and find out...
  • Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce

    Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Welcome to Sinner’s Sideshow, the most obscene, blood-pumping, skin-crawling creep show this side of Hell. As a circus brat, show biz is in my blood. And as a half-succubus, I was made for Sinner’s Sideshow—the only circus made to entertain the most depraved of monsters. When I’m plunged into a dark world of death, darkness, and corpse-ridden carnivals, I meet them…. The demonic ringmaster...
  • Into This River I Drown by T.J. Klune

    Into This River I Drown by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 37 ratings
    At once an exploration of grief and faith, Into This River I Drown is one man's journey into the secrets of his father and discovering the strength to believe in the impossible. Five years ago, Benji Green lost his beloved father, Big Eddie, who drowned when his truck crashed into a river. All called it an accident, but Benji thought it more...
  • Endlessly Raphael by Mia Monroe

    Endlessly Raphael by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    I was looking for a fake husband, but what I found was so much more. Something was in the air the night I walked into the club. It was like the clouds parted and there he was, the most stunning man I’d ever seen. He looked like he could be fun for a few hours, but as night turned to day, I proposed to him...
  • Last Man Standing by Augustus Roth, Daniel May

    Last Man Standing by Augustus Roth, Daniel May

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 8 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...
  • Shadow Men by Adira August

    Shadow Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 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 darkness. every light casts a shadow;. The closer you get to the light. the darker that shadow becomes. ". Plato.
    Categorized as:
    queer  bdsm  m-m  suspense  mystery  dark  contemporary  angst
  • 薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許

    薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 19 ratings
    Hyperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses. Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius...
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