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  • Nugget by Athena Steller

    Nugget by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    StrykerOne of the best hackers in the world, Stryker knows how to get what he wants and get away. Getting kidnapped and imprisoned by a coven of evil witches was a complication he hadn’t prepared for...
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    queer  magic  paranormal  urban fantasy  fantasy  m-m
  • Tactical by Renée Jaggér, Michael Anderle

    Tactical by Renée Jaggér, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There’s a dark moon rising in Avalon…Fresh from the battle in the temple, Julie and the rest of Unit Seven barely have time to wash off the dryad ash before they’re deployed again.Their assignment leads to the revelation of a prophecy that will destroy the para world if OPMA can’t prevent it from coming to pass...
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  • Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler

    Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Someone’s cat is missing and Parker Ferro, San Amaro’s best paranormal PI can’t find it.When Parker goes looking for the wayward feline, he finds himself facing witches’ familiars, dead bodies, and shadows that move. The further into San Amaro’s underbelly Parker goes looking, the more he realizes that he is heading somewhere completely new...
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    fae  queer  paranormal  m-m  magic  urban fantasy  fantasy  mystery
  • 13 Secrets by Michelle Harrison

    13 Secrets by Michelle Harrison

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Red is now living at Elvesden Manor under her real name, Rowan, and trying to put the past behind her. But staying on the straight and narrow isn’t as easy as she had hoped . . . Hounded by those who would like her to participate once more in the changeling trade, Rowan is also haunted by dreams of the Hedgewitch’s cottage and the chained-up Eldritch, who swore revenge when she left him there...
  • Cypress Ashes by Kai Butler

    Cypress Ashes by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Parker Ferro is not okay. In the heart-pounding conclusion to the San Amaro Investigations series, Parker faces down enemies on all sides, including one within his own family. With his city under lockdown, Parker is fighting for everyone and everything that he cares about. The fate of the thousand realms rests on his shoulders...
    Categorized as:
    fae  queer  paranormal  fantasy  mystery  urban fantasy  magic  m-m
  • Piece of Vampire by Laurel Chase

    Piece of Vampire by Laurel Chase

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    One step forward, two steps back. Our enemies are out in the open now - we have them in our sights. Unfortunately, that means we’re more exposed than ever, too. We found the Qilin, but we’ve lost my vampire. My guys tell me he’ll be fine, but will we? Just when I think I have Haret figured out, I find a new piece to the puzzle...
  • Storm Warrior by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Storm Warrior by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hale AndersonThe Air Weaver.He was the freaking Air Weaver. Not exactly what he expected when he got kidnapped by the pestilents, but Hale’s good rolling with the punches.He can take a little time away from his pursuit of a doctorate in astrophysics to save the world.Except that the final spell is poised to kill all the Weavers and their last hope lies with him finding his soul mate...
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    queer  m-m  paranormal  magic  fantasy  urban fantasy  audiobook
  • Once Upon a Midnight Drow by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

    Once Upon a Midnight Drow by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m not Goth to hide my Drow heritage, I’m Goth because I’m not a quitter. My name is Cheyenne Summerlin, remember that name. Somebody should…The world can’t know I’m a Drow halfling. Not yet. I barely have these powers under my control, but time’s up. I’m about to take magic for a test drive. Want to come along?The black ops government group believe they can run my life..
  • In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire

    In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 23 ratings
    Free to download in Mobi, ePub and PDF on http://www.seananmcguire.com/tobyshor... It was 1972, and a teenage girl named Elizabeth Ryan thought that her world was coming to an end. Elizabeth was the daughter of two Selkies, you see, and she had just been passed up for a skin. But then a mysterious cousin who calls herself Annie appears, and Elizabeth finds other things to think about..
  • Pan's Delight by H.P. Mallory, J.R. Rain

    Pan's Delight by H.P. Mallory, J.R. Rain

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • The Summer Palace by Kristen Painter

    The Summer Palace by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Newly crowned queen of the Radiant fae, Sparrow “Ro” Meadowcroft has two goals. First, to show her fae subjects that despite growing up in the mortal realm, she plans to honor all the customs and practices of her new world. Second, to reunite the Radiant fae with the Grym fae. Or at least broker peace between the two estranged kingdoms...
  • Exiled Queen by Emma L. Adams

    Exiled Queen by Emma L. Adams

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Can Raine outwit the masters of deceit? Kicked out of Faerie and on the run from the ruling Sidhe, Raine Warren is less than happy to be tasked with saving both mortal and faerie realms from an all-too-personal threat. With her surviving allies in terrible danger, it's up to Raine to devise a scheme to stop the outcast Sidhe before they obliterate the Courts and everyone inside them...
  • Snow: The White Crow by Erik Schubach

    Snow: The White Crow by Erik Schubach

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When people are in need of location or rescue outside of the walled cities in a werewolf infested world. Gretta Snow, Recovery Specialist and Wolf Hunter, is the woman to call. Her ability with weapons and combat are just as formidable as Her magics and supernatural connection to nature...
  • Legend of Exorcism: Tianbao Fuyao Lu (Novel) Vol. 1 (Special Edition) (Legend of Exorcism (Legend of Exorcism: Tianbao Fuyao Lu (Novel) #1) by Fei Tian Ye Xiang

    Legend of Exorcism: Tianbao Fuyao Lu (Novel) Vol. 1 (Special Edition) (Legend of Exorcism (Legend of Exorcism: Tianbao Fuyao Lu (Novel) #1) by Fei Tian Ye Xiang

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 13 ratings
    In the mystical Taihang Mountains, where magic flows and powerful yao roam, Hongjun has grown up sheltered from the human world. A half-yao himself, he’s never had reason to leave—until the mountain’s ruler sends him on a dangerous mission: hide his true nature and join the Great Tang Department of Demonic Exorcism in Chang’an...
  • Silver Blood: A Gilded Blood Prequel by Rachel Rener

    Silver Blood: A Gilded Blood Prequel by Rachel Rener

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    "I could smell her attraction for me, so potent I could almost taste it; somehow, I knew that if I ever let myself steal a sip of her nectar, I would never be able to satisfy my appetite with anything – or anyone – else ever again."*I am the bastard prince of the summer court, the lone survivor of my mother’s slaughtered bloodline...
  • Sidhe by Amanda Meuwissen

    Sidhe by Amanda Meuwissen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nathan Grier returns from the Veil a changed man. The consequences of his time with Malak, the dark sidhe king, and the deal made to free him may be more than he can bear. The weakening of the Veil and new enemies foretell of a greater battle still ahead...
  • Sever And Split: A Fae Portal Fantasy by Teshelle Combs, Leigh Ferguson

    Sever And Split: A Fae Portal Fantasy by Teshelle Combs, Leigh Ferguson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Magic belongs to the fae. It’s always been so. But when Bri, a free-spirited human, and Era, an order-seeking fae halfling, come together for their annual family dinner, magic breaks every rule, and a nightmare is unleashed on both sides of the portal...
  • Ella: Cinders and Ash by Erik Schubach

    Ella: Cinders and Ash by Erik Schubach

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Drawn to Seattle by the pull of black magics, Ella brings her wrath. A trail of blood and violence left in her wake. By chance, Parker Devareau, meets Ella while rushing home to get behind the safety of her Full Moon Bars on a full moon night. Parker can see, hear and feel things that no ordinary person can...
  • Rose: Briar's Thorn by Erik Schubach

    Rose: Briar's Thorn by Erik Schubach

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her touch is death... her love is worse. For as long as she can remember, Rose has been a monster. Cursed by a man who would one day become one of the most feared creatures on the earth, one of the future Alpha werewolves. Alister Marcus. For hundreds of years she has roamed the earth, living apart from humanity, watching from afar...
  • Storming Snow Falls by Jenn D. Young, Aspen Black

    Storming Snow Falls by Jenn D. Young, Aspen Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Snow Falls, Montana.I’ve found myself in A town full of shifters. Shifters I never wanted to be around ever again. My blood sings being surrounded by my own kind.But they aren’t my kind.I’m a half breed who can’t shift.Useless.But I’ve proved everyone wrong. I’ll show them all I’m more than an abomination.Yet, a snarky Wolf and sexy as sin twin leopards insist I’m their mate...
  • Revenge Hunter by Amelia Shaw

    Revenge Hunter by Amelia Shaw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I couldn't be more furious with Fin. He's crossed my boundaries and betrayed me for the last time. But I have a secret, that not even he knows. I stole something off the Black Mage's person last time we almost died fighting him, and that artifact is going to lead me to the truth.But instead of finding what I need, I get my my ass handed to me by a pack of goons...
  • Seb & Ailin: Case of the Murderous Mistletoe by Michele Notaro

    Seb & Ailin: Case of the Murderous Mistletoe by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What in the world has my soulmate gotten us into this time? All I want to do is get ready to have our family over for Winter Solstice, but like all things involving Ailin Ellwood, we get pulled into another wild BCA case...
  • Forsaken Fae: The Complete Series, Books 1-3 by R.A. Steffan

    Forsaken Fae: The Complete Series, Books 1-3 by R.A. Steffan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There's an unconscious Fae drooling on Len's couch.That's not even the weirdest thing to happen to him this week.Len's been told that not all Fae are scheming, manipulative pricks. A moot point, since this one definitely is—he knows that much from bitter experience...
  • The Scarlet Tanager by Emigh Cannaday, Fiona Jayde

    The Scarlet Tanager by Emigh Cannaday, Fiona Jayde

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "You're part samodiva. I knew that when I met you. It's in your blood to be distracted by beauty...and pleasure." He turned to face her, taking in every sensuous curve of her female form. "You seem to have forgotten that it's in my blood as well. Whatever shall I do to remind you?" Scandal. Blackmail. Obsession. It's just another day if you're a Marinossian...
  • Iron Bound by Emma L. Adams

    Iron Bound by Emma L. Adams

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Raine Warren, unwilling heir to the Whitefall family of the Winter Court, might have lived long enough to claim the magic she inherited, but there are others who'd like to make sure she can never use it again.With the Summer Court dangerously close to discovering her deadly secret, her only option to avoid a trial for murder is to ally with the same family who nearly killed her...
  • A Fey's Wolf by Elle Boon

    A Fey's Wolf by Elle Boon

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Elle Boon brings the story of second chance love. Buckle up... it's gonna be a wild ride.When a wolf catches the scent of his mate, he’ll do anything to claim and protect her, even if that means protecting the little Fey from himself...
  • Sloth and other Delights by T.J. Nichols

    Sloth and other Delights by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Negotiations with the LA vampires have failed.Having survived the attempted razing of their enclave by the dragons, the vampires are now holding Jordan’s sister hostage and are demanding a unicorn for her safe return. There’s only one problem.Unicorns aren’t animals. They are wild magic best left alone.Jordan holds the media responsible for Katie’s capture...
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    queer  fae  urban fantasy  fantasy  vampires  m-m  magic  paranormal
  • Two Thousand Dreams by Jocelynn Drake

    Two Thousand Dreams by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The Blood Witch Has Changed Everything.Chen traveled to the US with his clan, hoping to rescue his kidnapped brother from the fae.They just need a witch to find the exact location of where the door between the human world and the fae world will open.The one thing Moon can’t do.Chen grabbed the wrong type of witch...
  • The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson

    The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Anderson writes a curmudgeonly immortal protagonist and a (literally) haunting story full of heart; a delightful novel." —Library Journal starred reviewIn this mesmerizing, wonderfully moving queer cozy fantasy, an immortal ghost hunter must confront his tragic past in order to embrace his found family. Find an angry spirit. Send it on its way before it causes trouble...
  • Gloombringer by Sam Burns

    Gloombringer by Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    For decades, the four families who rule the Summerlands have been locked at an impasse. No one is fighting, but neither has anyone been speaking.We don’t have time for that anymore.Mount Slate, the volcano that sits in the middle of the Summerlands, is threatening to erupt, and only the four family heads working together can avert disaster...
    Categorized as:
    queer  paranormal  magic  fantasy  m-m  urban fantasy  audiobook
  • The Pound Dilemma by A.J. Sherwood

    The Pound Dilemma by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    "I’ve got this.”Translated: Ross certainly did not have this, but be prepared to be thoroughly entertained...
    Categorized as:
    fae  queer  paranormal  m-m  vampires  magic  humor  contemporary
  • From the Grave by Karina Espinosa

    From the Grave by Karina Espinosa

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Secrets don’t stay buried forever. Mackenzie Grey is a lone wolf who’s earned her fair share of battle scars from the past, but that’s all over now. Or so she thought. Known as the Freedom Princess, her heroic deeds have come with a heavy price when a mysterious new villain emerges, one who’s intent on killing Sebastian...
  • Blood of Egypt by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood of Egypt by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "A simple honeymoon. That’s all we wanted. See some interesting sights and do absolutely nothing except be happy with each other. Instead, we get Egyptian Gods, Archangels and Witches with the usual amount of doom and gloom that accompanies them." Join Xandra and Kallen as they join forces with Eliana Brennan to stop the Archangel who is seeking vengeance.
  • Cosmo and the King by Macy Blake

    Cosmo and the King by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Cosmo learns the faun king is in the human realm, he panics. See, Silenus happens to be his fiance... and he's never told any of his friends in the human realm that he ran away on his wedding day, leaving his king at the alter. Silenus made a deal with the devil--the queen of the fae--when he learned the human realm was going to be closed, keeping him separated from his mate and betrothed...
  • Forsaken Fae #1-3 by R.A. Steffan

    Forsaken Fae #1-3 by R.A. Steffan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There's an unconscious Fae drooling on Len's couch.That's not even the weirdest thing to happen to him this week.Len's been told that not all Fae are scheming, manipulative pricks. A moot point, since this one definitely is—he knows that much from bitter experience...
  • Night Shivers by Yasmine Galenorn

    Night Shivers by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Revisit the world of the Indigo Court. Cicely, Queen of Snow and Ice, is slowly getting used to her new role in life as Queen of Winter. The Vampiric Fae have been conquered and Myst is gone, but now something new is unsettling her kingdom. A ship sails across the Crashing Sea from the Golden Isle with new members for her kingdom, but all of the Sidhe aboard are missing...
  • Jump Up by Susi Hawke

    Jump Up by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Watch out for the Assassin’s Claws… Nash Moreno is a paid killer, just like his four brothers. It’s the family business—they fight together, they die together. Whether they’re working as a group or alone, they are a tight unit who protect their own. A live transmission from a rebel group known as OPEN EYES is intercepted before it can be broadcast around the world...
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    queer  urban fantasy  fantasy  m-m  paranormal  audiobook
  • Kick Back by Susi Hawke

    Kick Back by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Watch out for the Assassin’s Claws…Dearil Moreno is a paid killer, just like his four brothers. It’s the family business—they fight together, they die together. Whether they’re working as a group or alone, they are a tight unit who protect their own...
  • The Dratsie Dilemma by G.L. Carriger

    The Dratsie Dilemma by G.L. Carriger

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A heartwarming urban fantasy from New York Times best selling author Gail Carriger about redemption, destiny, and the enduring strength of found family (and caffeine). Once upon a time, Trick went up against the sea and lost. Badly. Or so he thought. What the sea decides to keep, it keeps forever. Trick is a dratsie shifter, a river otter. He is charming, loads of fun, and a little bit slippery...
    Categorized as:
    fae  queer  fantasy  humor  werewolves  paranormal  urban fantasy  m-m
  • Beneath the Buried Sea by Victoria Mier

    Beneath the Buried Sea by Victoria Mier

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Journalist Raegan Overhill’s investigation into her father’s disappearance has taken her deep into strange, glittering worlds—and hopelessly entangled her with the dangerous, alluring Unseelie king. But the truths she’s fought so hard for offer no comfort, and certainly no closure...
  • War of the Fae Gods: A Fae Urban Fantasy by Jayne Faith

    War of the Fae Gods: A Fae Urban Fantasy by Jayne Faith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Seelie hold on Faerie is slipping, and wrathful gods are closing in . . . Petra Maguire, newly-crowned Queen of the Carraig Sidhe, wishes she could focus on her own fledgling kingdom, but Faerie is facing threats unlike any seen in generations. If the Seelie are to have any hope of victory, she must unravel the mystery of the ancient power running through her veins...
  • Seer by Bix Barrow

    Seer by Bix Barrow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Paranormal creatures are dying. A psychic computer geek and a mysterious pet resort owner join forces to track down the supernatural murderer. Killer attraction has never felt so dangerous.I’ve had visions since I was 13 years old. Minor stuff on the whole, usually nothing to get excited about...
    Categorized as:
    fae  queer  m-m  paranormal  magic  fantasy  humor  found-family
  • The Hood of Locksley by Erik Schubach

    The Hood of Locksley by Erik Schubach

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Her faith, unshakable… and her aim is true. The legends of fairytales descend upon Issaquah, Washington from Seattle in response to the report of lemon activity. They find themselves under attack by an archer with uncanny aim and unnatural speed and agility. The group’s beta wolf, Amanda Danes, finds herself in pursuit of a legend. Robyn of Locksley. The fabled Robin Hood of Nottingham...
  • Let Down Your Hair by Erik Schubach

    Let Down Your Hair by Erik Schubach

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The Avatars in Seattle stumble upon the journals of past Avatars, and Parker starts reading the story of Rapunzel in her own words. After spending half her life imprisoned by the dark witch, Dame Gothel, Rapunzel has vowed to hunt her down so that she can cause no more harm to the innocents of the world. In her hunt, she stumbles upon the most unlikely of companions...
  • Hair of Gold - Just Right by Erik Schubach

    Hair of Gold - Just Right by Erik Schubach

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The world has not been kind to Katiana, Goldilocks, as the werewolves robbed her of her family when she was young. She was spared a similar fate by three bears who came to her aid and fought off the wolves. Kat finds herself in a strange new world after the loss of her family, but finds happiness again with her new family… her new brothers...
  • Brandywine Investigations: Family Matters by Angel Martinez

    Brandywine Investigations: Family Matters by Angel Martinez

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    With his career firmly established and his reputation as a successful PI growing, Hades should have the perfect life with his human lover, his faithful ferryman, his dogs and the parts of his family still speaking to him. But murder and chaos are never far away for death lords as his nephew Dionysus and his oldest friend Charon are drawn into the maelstrom...
  • Lich Reaper's Lament by Jessamyn Kingley

    Lich Reaper's Lament by Jessamyn Kingley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Ripped apart by life, Lich Reaper Grymington Daray is drowning in sorrow. Each day, he strives to find the people responsible for killing his best friend, and he wishes his own existence had more meaning. The last thing on Grymington’s mind is finding the other half of his soul. While a loving family surrounds him, the coldness growing in his heart keeps him separated from joy...
  • The Book of Dreams by O.R. Melling

    The Book of Dreams by O.R. Melling

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In a landscape of Canadian myth and magic, the fairy tale continues... The gateways between Faerie and the Earthworld have been destroyed by the Enemy. The only hope of ever bridging the two worlds again lies with Dana, a troubled teenager now living in Toronto. In a dream, Dana is told by her fairy mother, Edane, that the key to restoring the gateways is in The Book of Dreams...
  • The Firebird and Other Stories by R. Cooper

    The Firebird and Other Stories by R. Cooper

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Being(s) in Love StoriesMagical creatures known as beings emerged from hiding amid the destruction of the First World War. Since then they’ve lived on the margins of the human world as misunderstood objects of fear and desire. Some are beautiful, others fearsome and powerful. Yet for all their magic and strength, they are as vulnerable as anyone when it comes to matters of the heart...
  • Incubus by Amanda Meuwissen

    Incubus by Amanda Meuwissen

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Nathan only ever wanted a normal life, but for him, life, family, and love are anything but normal. On the other side of the Veil, dark and light fae exist outside the knowledge of most humans. Nathan Grier was born human, but his twin brother Jim is a changeling. On the run since they were children, time for both of them is running out...
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