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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
  • 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
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  • 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...
  • These Hallowed Bones by L. Eveland

    These Hallowed Bones by L. Eveland

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He saw the monster in me and called it beautiful. Micah Salt destroys every painting he creates, desperate to silence the darkness whispering beneath his skin. The same darkness that made him sit beside his mother's corpse for three days, finding art in her decay. The church called it sin. Therapy called it trauma. But Professor Ezra Bishop calls it potential. Ezra doesn't want to fix Micah...
  • 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  abuse  dark  m-m  high-school  contemporary  rape  fantasy
  • Nursing the Alpha by Gianni Holmes

    Nursing the Alpha by Gianni Holmes

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 35 ratings
    It started with a contract. I'd express my milk for what I thought was a family in need. No names. No questions. No strings. Just a big check. Then I found out the truth. The man buying my milk isn't a stranger. He's someone I know. Someone who's been doing things to me without my knowledge. And he doesn't just want my milk. He wants all of me.
  • We Are the Match by Mary E. Roach

    We Are the Match by Mary E. Roach

    Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    In this glittering, sapphic reimagining of Helen of Troy set in modern day mobster Greece, Helen is the daughter of a powerful crime lord on Paris is the woman hellbent on destroying her—if they don’t fall for each other first...
  • sWitch by Kat Blackthorne

    sWitch by Kat Blackthorne

    Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    PLAYER ONE: REMY. objective:. steal brother’s girlfriend. work the tattoo shop. pierce. skateboard. play drums. be the hotter twin. PLAYER TWO: FAUNA. objective:. snacks. dress in all pink. excel in favorite RPG game. play with kittens. beat V for Valin. sWitch is a masc loves femme, contemporary dark sapphic romantic comedy. Start game?
  • 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
  • Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson

    Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 32 ratings
    A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella from the New York Times bestselling author. Rosemary meets Ash at the farmers’ market. Ash—precise, pretty, and practically perfect—sells bars of soap in delicate pastel colors, sprinkle-spackled cupcakes stacked on scalloped stands, beeswax candles, jelly jars of honey, and glossy green plants...
    Categorized as:
    queer  f-f  horror  contemporary  mystery  dark  suspense  fantasy
  • Omega Closet by Noah Harris

    Omega Closet by Noah Harris

    Rated: 2.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Download Your FREE Ebook Gift Inside! Everyone has secrets. For some, it might be a report card that they "forgot" to bring home. For others, it might be an illness with which they don't wish to burden their loved ones. For Tracey Collins, it's his entire existence...
    Categorized as:
    queer  dark  horror  contemporary  fantasy  audiobook
  • The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 5 by Mokumokuren, Ajani Oloye

    The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 5 by Mokumokuren, Ajani Oloye

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 31 ratings
    Yoshiki has resolved to walk alongside the “something” that replaced his friend, Hikaru. But changes begin to appear, not just in the village, but also in the impostor himself! As they sense their current lives moments from crumbling down, the boys continue their investigation into “Hikaru’s” identity. The history of Kubitachi, the truth of “Nounuki-sama,” and the “Indous’ sin”. .
  • Kiss of Love by Rawnie Sabor

    Kiss of Love by Rawnie Sabor

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 22 ratings
    Healing is never linear. After months of terror and torment, everything finally seems to have fallen into place for Evie. The Court of Chains is expanding, her relationship is flourishing, and she has settled into her new life in Chicago. Yet, part of her longs for how things used to be. Pieces are still missing, some of which might be gone forever. Painful memories haunt her days...
    Categorized as:
    queer  f-f  fantasy  bdsm  paranormal  vampires  mafia  contemporary
  • The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 4 by Mokumokuren

    The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 4 by Mokumokuren

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Two boys grew up together in a certain village—Yoshiki and Hikaru. One day, Yoshiki became sure that Hikaru was no longer himself. He resolved to accept the new “Hikaru,” whatever happened to his friend. But now he’s decided to research the history of “Nounuki-sama” and Kubitachi to understand what this creature truly is. The situation evolves unpredictably, outside the boys’ control...
  • The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 2 by Mokumokuren, Abigail Blackman

    The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 2 by Mokumokuren, Abigail Blackman

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    When Yoshiki struggles to accept the new Hikaru, he’s given a glimpse of what’s lurking inside his best friend. But will that be the final straw that drives Yoshiki away for good?
  • The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 3 by Mokumokuren

    The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 3 by Mokumokuren

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A strange man arrives to investigate the strange occurrences that seem to be happening more and more frequently around the village. Everything seems to be linked to the mountain where Hikaru died and “Hikaru” came from. ..
  • Her Soul for Revenge by Harley Laroux

    Her Soul for Revenge by Harley Laroux

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    Explore the darker side of desire and human nature in this edgy, intense, searingly sexy, dark paranormal romance from TikTok phenom Harley Laroux – now with bonus content for fans of Scarlett St. Clair, Katee Robert, Harper L. Woods, and Laura Thalassa. ✳DELUXE LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER with exclusive content, stenciled edges, reversible dust jacket, foil stamping, and designed endpapers! ✳...
    Categorized as:
    queer  primal-play  fantasy  paranormal  dark  demons  horror  bdsm
  • 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...
  • Loathing You by Amina Khan

    Loathing You by Amina Khan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 54 ratings
    Hate. Detest. Despise. These words were the only way that Adaline and Juliette could possibly describe their relationship, or lack thereof. Adaline would argue that this is because a certain she-devil has been making her life hell for the last five years...
  • 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...
  • Serpentine Valentine by Giana Darling

    Serpentine Valentine by Giana Darling

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 49 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Giana Darling comes a sapphic dark academia Medusa retelling about a woman who was wronged by her idols and refused to pay the price without getting revenge. .. I was born a woman. Raised by women. In love with women. Until I enrolled at Acheron University, I'd never known much of men. I certainly didn't know enough to fear them...
    Categorized as:
    f-f  queer  dark  contemporary  fantasy  vengeance  new adult  angst
  • Killing Emma by Annie Wild

    Killing Emma by Annie Wild

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I abided by one rule, and one rule only. .. Show no mercy. Not to anyone. Not even my closest friends. So, when I was tasked with hunting Emma down and taking her life, it was just another day on the job. However, I couldn’t have been more wrong. She’s not like the others. She tangles with me without fear of the devil she might discover...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    primal-play  queer  dark  paranormal  fantasy  demons  monsters  horror
  • Moth Dark by Kika Hatzopoulou

    Moth Dark by Kika Hatzopoulou

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 14 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Threads That Bind comes a timeline-crossing romantic fantasy about a girl in love with a world of darkness—and with the mysterious heir to its throne—who must fight to prevent the destruction of all she loves. “A lush, breathtaking, and wholly unique fantasy. I was entranced. ” —Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning...
  • 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
  • Dimitri's Forbidden Submissive by Ann Mayburn

    Dimitri's Forbidden Submissive by Ann Mayburn

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    As the daughter of an outlaw biker, Rya DeLuca is used to living a wild life, but nothing could prepare her for the danger of falling in love with Dimitri Novikov...
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