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  • Phantom by Susan Kay

    Phantom by Susan Kay

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    "Phantom of the Opera fans no longer need to ponder what was in Erik's past, as Kay has created one for him in this deeply moving, poignant story. . . This sad, but beautiful, novel will be especially popular with [those] who have enjoyed the current musical . . . " – School Library Journal “A MUST READ! Haunting and riveting...
  • A Sea of Vows and Silence by Whit Stanfield

    A Sea of Vows and Silence by Whit Stanfield

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Until the sea dries up. Until the moon burns out. Celestial events are untouched by mortals. But one morning, in the birth of spring, two sisters force a rare solar eclipse into the sky, silencing the sun to make a desperate plea to the moon. And the moon—seer, secret-keeper, and goddess of sea and sirens—answers. Her response summons a rift between Cebrinne and Selena...
    Categorized as:
    horror  dark  ancient times  fantasy  historical
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  • The Diamond King: A Tale of Love, Hate, and Diamonds by Vlad Kahany

    The Diamond King: A Tale of Love, Hate, and Diamonds by Vlad Kahany

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    The Great Gatsby meets Peaky Blinders…. How does a street thief become a king? When Drasko, a nine-year-old thief from the slums, is presented with a once-in-a-lifetime offer, life takes him to a far-away land on the hunt for diamonds. Twenty years later, Drasko Mawr, now the wealthiest diamond miner in the world, comes back to London...
  • Lady of Istok by Isabelle Olmo

    Lady of Istok by Isabelle Olmo

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “The lies we tell to protect ourselves are the most important lies we ever tell. ". A heavily pregnant Almira forces Hira to return to Istok and lead her people. When Hira boards the Sea Wife, she doesn’t expect Commander Justan to be combative and surly. He questions her every decision and challenges her authority. He’s also clearly keeping his own secrets...
    Categorized as:
    horror  fantasy  historical  new adult  war  dark  length-epic
  • The Unforgotten Flame by Rebekah Sinclair

    The Unforgotten Flame by Rebekah Sinclair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "We should have seen this coming. I should have seen this coming. ". Calypso, a resilient Wind Siren, grapples with the aftermath of a devastating battle that thrusts her best friend, Rhea, into the clutches of their greatest enemy, Ares, the God of War...
  • Wicked Masquerade by Kenya Wright

    Wicked Masquerade by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Tristan is the Bad Boy of the Art World. A tortured artist with insatiable cravings for beauty, pleasure, and the darker shades of life. When Nova, a Psychology graduate student, enters his orbit, Tristan sweeps Nova off her feet and lures her onto an erotic journey that awakens desires she never knew existed. Danger looms in the background...
  • The Moral Dilemma by Veronica Lancet

    The Moral Dilemma by Veronica Lancet

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The riveting conclusion to the War of Sins Series! More secrets come to light in this stunning conclusion to Raf and Noelle's story. The events of the hacienda still haunt both lovers. Can they move past the tragic revelations?
  • The German by Lee Thomas

    The German by Lee Thomas

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At the height of World War II, a killer preys on the young men of a quiet Texas town. The murders are calculated, vicious, and they are just beginning. Sheriff Tom Rabbit and his men are baffled and the community he serves is terrified of the monster lurking their streets. The only clues the killer leaves behind are painted snuffboxes containing notes written in German...
    Categorized as:
    horror  mystery  historical  m-m  suspense  war  fantasy  dark
  • Devout: An Anthology of Angels by Quinton Li

    Devout: An Anthology of Angels by Quinton Li

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Featuring work by Freydís Moon, Dorian Yosef Weber, Angela Sun, Ian Haramaki, Tyler Battaglia, Daniel Marie James, Morgan Dante, Cas Trudeau, Aurélio Loren, Rae Novotny, Rafael Nicolás & Emily Hoffman. A collection of stories, poetry, and art dedicated to the angelic. Here you will find the strange, the creepy, the funky, slightly silly, pieces with feeling...
    Categorized as:
    horror  fantasy  queer  dark  historical  length-short
  • Scars Beneath a Serpent's Scales by Nicole Platania

    Scars Beneath a Serpent's Scales by Nicole Platania

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    What is inevitable? Emmeline DeLeoste has always talked to the stars. As a member of a fortune-telling warrior clan, her exceptional magic allows her to read the Fates, earning her a prestigious Academy job. But it has also cost her everyone she loves. Roremar Silventa has more responsibilities than any man should...
  • The Painter Knight by Fiona Patton

    The Painter Knight by Fiona Patton

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THE PASSING OF THE FLAME. Simon, the Court Painter of Branion, was the closest friend of the kingdom's ruler. Aristok Marsellus the Third...
  • The Blue-Eyed Devil by Beena Khan

    The Blue-Eyed Devil by Beena Khan

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    On a hallowed night, the love of my life gambled me away to the Devil. Once upon a myth. .. A Devil with the face of an angel ruled New York. Salvi Moretti returns. A Don to one of the five families of the La Cosa Nostra. He's a notorious gangster wrapped in an Armani suit that reigns in hell. The villain of every love story...
  • Queen of the Sky: A Legend of the Painted Skies Prequel by Ky Venn

    Queen of the Sky: A Legend of the Painted Skies Prequel by Ky Venn

    Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Aella thrives in chaos. It lives inside her. However, when the sky goddess is banished from Verus to the human realm for disobeying her parents and inflicting pandemonium on the humans one too many times, she discovers what she’s really made of. In her journey to get back home will she learn that destruction and hate don’t compare to true love? Or will her internal storm be her ultimate downfall?
  • A Dance Of Twilight by Melanie Davies

    A Dance Of Twilight by Melanie Davies

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dark, gothic fae fantasy romance. 𝕬 𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝕿𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙For fans of fae romances, dream walking, found families, book loving FMC, Goblin King vibes, Shadow Daddy villains and morally grey MC with spice...
  • The South Wind by Alexandria Warwick

    The South Wind by Alexandria Warwick

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A sizzling standalone fantasy of second-chance love inspired by Sleeping Beauty and the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur from the author of The North Wind. Princess Sarai of Ammara is cursed: on her twenty-fifth birthday she will fall into an endless, deadly sleep, plunging the kingdom into chaos and ruin...
  • The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez

    The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez

    Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    The forest eats the girls who wander out after dark . . . ‘A dark, atmospheric and riveting debut, wreathed around a love story like no other’ – Samantha Shannon, author of the million-copy bestseller The Priory of the Orange Tree. Rooted in fairytales, folklore, and sapphic romance, The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez is perfect for fans of Katherine Arden, Ava Reid, and Naomi Novik...
  • Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 6 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 6 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 97 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER! The blockbuster danmei/Boys’ Love novels from China that inspired the animated series! This epic historical fantasy about a prince and the mysterious man by his side is now officially in English, for the very first time! Born the crown prince of a prosperous kingdom, Xie Lian was renowned for his beauty, strength, and purity...
    Categorized as:
    horror  m-m  fantasy  historical  young adult  queer  asia  dark
  • Wrath by John Gwynne

    Wrath by John Gwynne

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Events are coming to a climax in the Banished Lands, as the war reaches new heights. King Nathair has taken control of the fortress at Drassil and three of the Seven Treasures are in his possession. And together with Calidus and his ally Queen Rhin, Nathair will do anything to obtain the remaining Treasures. With all seven under his command, he can open a portal to the Otherworld...
    Categorized as:
    horror  fantasy  high fantasy  magic  war  demons  dark  found-family
  • Ruin by John Gwynne

    Ruin by John Gwynne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The Banished Lands are engulfed in war and chaos. The cunning Queen Rhin has conquered the west and High King Nathair has the cauldron, most powerful of the seven treasures. At his back stands the scheming Calidus and a warband of the Kadoshim, dread demons of the Otherworld. They plan to bring Asroth and his host of the Fallen into the world of flesh, but to do so they need the seven treasures...
    Categorized as:
    horror  fantasy  high fantasy  magic  war  demons  dark  found-family
  • The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie

    The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    They say Black Dow’s killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud...
    Categorized as:
    horror  fantasy  war  high fantasy  dark  military  magic  medieval
  • Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

    Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it. Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil...
    Categorized as:
    horror  fantasy  witches  historical  paranormal  magic  dark  mystery
  • Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

    Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    Springtime in Styria. And that means war. There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king...
    Categorized as:
    horror  fantasy  high fantasy  dark  war  vengeance  young adult  magic
  • Mob Sorcery 3 by K.D. Robertson

    Mob Sorcery 3 by K.D. Robertson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    The Yakuza have rolled into town and Vince finds himself caught in a standoff between the old and new worlds of magic. Doubts remain over who tried to assassinate Vince and the cops have locked down the city to protect the mayor's reputation. But Vince has a job to do. He's taken back the mafia's old territory for their don, but their rival still refuses to accept reality and bend the knee...
  • The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

    The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 84 ratings
    When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . . For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions. Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career...
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Vol. 4 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Vol. 4 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 21 ratings
    Also known as MDZS, the comic/manhua version of the New York Times bestselling novels from China that also inspired an animated adaptation and the live-action series The Untamed ! Experience this historical fantasy tale of two powerful men who find each other through life and death in this English version of the beautiful, full-color comic! Feared and hated for his sinister abilities, Wei...
    Categorized as:
    horror  fantasy  queer  historical  mystery  high fantasy  dark  m-m
  • Mob Sorcery 4 by K.D. Robertson

    Mob Sorcery 4 by K.D. Robertson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Vince prepares to pull off his largest job yet, a heist to steal an artifact containing an ancient evil. Yet another ancient evil stirs much closer to home. Vince's soul egg awakens, and he finds himself face to face with the being residing within it as she makes him an offer he knows he should refuse. Caught between scheming foxes on all sides, Vince must master his magic and gear up...
  • The Axe Falls by William D. Arand

    The Axe Falls by William D. Arand

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Dominic’s world had been a fairly simple life. To live his life to the best of his abilities, gain experience, level up, and strive to enjoy himself as best as one could in a backwater. Which, while tough on its own, was made infinitely harder by his father being the local executioner. All of that becomes infinitely worse when his entire family is murdered...
    Categorized as:
    horror  fantasy  harems  magic  medieval  survival  dark  poly
  • 二哈和他的白猫师尊 Dumb Husky and His White Cat Shizun by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, 肉包不吃肉

    二哈和他的白猫师尊 Dumb Husky and His White Cat Shizun by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, 肉包不吃肉

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 31 ratings
    "The Husky and His White Cat Shizun". Mo Ran felt that taking Chu Wanning as his master was a mistake. His Shizun was just so similar to a cat, while he was like a silly dog. Dogs and cats were biologically different. The silly dog hadn’t originally intended to put his furry paws out towards that cat...
  • The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

    The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics. His debt has driven him to lie in wait by the old forest road, planning to rob the next traveler that crosses his path...
    Categorized as:
    horror  fantasy  high fantasy  magic  humor  dark  witches  war
  • The Guns of Empire by Django Wexler

    The Guns of Empire by Django Wexler

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 30 ratings
    As the “audacious and subversive”* Shadow Campaigns novels continue, the weather is growing warmer, but the frosty threat of Vordan’s enemies is only growing worse. .. As the roar of the guns subsides and the smoke of battle clears, the country of Vordan is offered a fragile peace…...
    Categorized as:
    horror  fantasy  military  queer  war  high fantasy  magic  historical
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