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  • Mob Sorcery 5 by K.D. Robertson

    Mob Sorcery 5 by K.D. Robertson

    Rated: 4.81 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    A Yakuza demigod lurks in the city, wounded but not defeated, and Vince needs to bring her down for good. He needs a team fit for slaying a god, even if he has to ask for favors from old bosses and cross boundaries to build it. Aulfair's powerful conglomerates prepare for the implosion of one of their own...
  • Backyard Dungeon 5: A Reverse Portal Fantasy by Logan Jacobs

    Backyard Dungeon 5: A Reverse Portal Fantasy by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    My to-do list is ever growing, but I couldn’t be happier. I’ve started buying up the cul-de-sac to give my wives their own houses, and Ibseth is happy to be nesting, now that she’s pregnant with our first child. But I still need to take out her half-brother, Ursenger. And to do that, I will need help from the rest of the Gloom. It’s time to go to war.
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  • Backyard Dungeon 9: A Reverse Portal Fantasy by Logan Jacobs

    Backyard Dungeon 9: A Reverse Portal Fantasy by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’ve taken out another one of Belzat’s minions, but there are still others hiding in the shadows of the Gloom and Twlight. And now there are rumors of a Succubus attacking innocents. So it’s up to my allies, wives, and me to fight back against the darkness and keep each other safe.
    Categorized as:
    harems  fantasy  urban fantasy  dark  poly  length-medium
  • Mob Sorcery by K.D. Robertson

    Mob Sorcery by K.D. Robertson

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    In a city where magic is as common as air, Vince receives an offer he can't refuse. The local wolffolk mafia long for their glory days and their alluring don, Alessia Lionetti, wants a powerful enforcer to bring them back. That's Vince. This is his big break from his days as a hired thug. Working for the mafia has a short life expectancy, though...
  • Summoner School 2: A Reverse Portal Fantasy by Eric Vall

    Summoner School 2: A Reverse Portal Fantasy by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Andrew is rising in the class rankings at Magia Schola, but his studies are the least of his problems. A war is brewing between the rival magical factions, and he is going to be on the front lines when fighting inevitably breaks out. Andrew has promise as a summoner, but he’s just a freshman...
    Categorized as:
    harems  fantasy  urban fantasy  dark  poly  length-medium
  • Summoner School by Eric Vall

    Summoner School by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Power. Money. Women. Despite being hardworking and ambitious, Andrew has none of them. That is, until his ailing grandmother gives him an amulet that transports him to another dimension in order for him to be trained as a battle mage specializing in summoning monsters...
  • Power Mage 4 by Hondo Jinx

    Power Mage 4 by Hondo Jinx

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    UNLEASH THE BEAST! Deep in the heart of Texas, Brawley vows to build a base, explore Red Haven, and protect his women. Seven orders. Seven amazing powers. Seven beautiful teachers. He needs to work hard, crack strands, and avoid the attention of those hunting him. And oh yeah, his family and friends want to know why he’s shacking up with five gorgeous women and stockpiling a mountain of ammo...
  • Dan the Destroyer by Hondo Jinx

    Dan the Destroyer by Hondo Jinx

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cut Class. Kick ass. Save the frigging world. Having obliterated Roderick’s Raiders, Dan vows to lead three hundred elves and gnomes to an ancient red elf fortress in the Wildervast, an untamed region created by a powerful succubus queen...
  • Dan the Adventurer by Hondo Jinx

    Dan the Adventurer by Hondo Jinx

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Skip class. Kick ass. Save the frigging world. During Dan Marshall’s second year of college, the real world melded with a homebrew Towers & Trolls adventure. Dan got barbaric and battled giant spiders, an apocalyptic death cult, and an undead necromancer bent on flooding the universe with eternal darkness...
  • Power Mage 6 by Hondo Jinx

    Power Mage 6 by Hondo Jinx

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    THE SEVENTH STRAND. THE ULITIMATE TRUTH. THE FINAL BATTLE. After the Chop Shop bloodbath, Brawley goes full power mage and vows to destroy his enemies. The end is here...
  • Rotten Girl by Ivy Fox

    Rotten Girl by Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Envy. Such an ugly sin. Yet, here I am, guilty of it. See, I envy you. You, who wake up in the morning not knowing what your future will entail. A blessed uncertainty filled with hope and mystery, with the potential to make it whatever you aspire it to be. Must be nice—to open your eyes and dream of such a promising existence. I have no such hopeful misguided notions...
  • Ex-Superheroes 2 by A.J. Markam

    Ex-Superheroes 2 by A.J. Markam

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    He’s still saving the world and getting hot chicks… but the job just got a lot tougher. Hunter McNeil, former soldier and ex-superhero, just barely survived his last mission in Tokyo. But with his forcefield powers back at full strength and two smoking hot superheroines on his arm, he’s on to his next challenge. Unfortunately, the supervillain in charge of San Francisco is ready for him...
  • Hardcore Dungeon Core by A.J. Markam

    Hardcore Dungeon Core by A.J. Markam

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He thought it was all a game… until he lost everything. Tragedy has struck, and now Ian must try to reverse it. Inside the virtual reality video game known as OtherWorld, he will recruit new allies…. Play politics with a duchess and an emissary of the Church of Eternity…. Square off against a trio of bounty hunters…. Meet a vastly powerful dungeon core who can bend reality itself…...
    Categorized as:
    harems  fantasy  m-f-f  urban fantasy  horror  dark  humor  poly
  • Arcane Academy for the Gifted by Jack Porter

    Arcane Academy for the Gifted by Jack Porter

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I killed a monster and now I have magic. But then I died, too. I figured that was the end, but a mysterious group of strangers brought me back to life. Now, everything is different. I'm at the Arcane Academy for the Gifted, a school of magic where the women vastly outnumber the men. My days are for mastering my newfound power, and my nights - well, they are for "studying. "...
  • Dan the Barbarian by Hondo Jinx

    Dan the Barbarian by Hondo Jinx

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Cut class. Kick ass. Save the frigging world. When college sophomore Dan Marshall's life morphs into a hybrid of Penn State and a homebrew tabletop RPG adventure, he grabs his talking two-handed sword and hits campus, seeking gold, girls, and glory...
  • Alex in Haremland: An Alice in Wonderland Spoof by Logan Jacobs

    Alex in Haremland: An Alice in Wonderland Spoof by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    My name is Alex, and I am just a normal office worker from Denver. But I’m also “the Dreamer. ”. Or at least that’s what the beautiful cat-girl said after I woke up in All-the-Land and saved her from a monster in a crazy forest full of smiling flowers and trees. The Dreamer is the prophesied savior of this land...
  • Found by Her Monsters: Goddess of Nightmares by Avery Song

    Found by Her Monsters: Goddess of Nightmares by Avery Song

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What if I could make your worst nightmares a reality? When I was five, they told me I was cursed. When I was ten, they accused me of killing my entire pack. When I was fifteen, I ran away in hopes of escaping my past. I left everything — and everyone — behind. By twenty, I’d moved on in every way. New name, new city, a chance at a fresh start...
  • The Beast by Katee Robert

    The Beast by Katee Robert

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Once upon a time, I fell in love with two men. Their feelings for me were matched only by their hatred for each other. Gaeton, with his brash charm and casual cruelty. Beast, his lust equal to his penchant for violence. Being with them was sinful and perfect in different ways. In the end, I couldn’t choose, and I lost them both...
  • Warrior Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Warrior Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 293 ratings
    I once thought one of my ruthless boys could be the killer I’m hunting. They’re all dark, deadly and more than capable of brutality. But now I’m held by the King I’ve been stalking in the shadows and when I unmask him, he’ll realise he made a huge mistake in taking my brother from this world. My Kings are coming for me, I know that in my soul...
  • Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

    Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 147 ratings
    Would you trade your soul mate for your soul? A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, but never to fall in love...
  • The Complete Kit Davenport Series by Tate James

    The Complete Kit Davenport Series by Tate James

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 68 ratings
    They call me The Fox. I’m a thief. I’ve got superhuman strength and the ability to heal life-threatening injuries. Who am I? But more importantly, what am I? When a team of secret agents catches up to me, I finally have the allies and resources I need to chase down some answers. But the deeper we dig into my past, the more danger we find ourselves in. Traps and traitors are behind every corner...
  • Vicious Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Vicious Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 313 ratings
    Elise continues her hunt for the King who killed her brother while trying not to fall for the vicious boys she suspects. As her investigation deepens, she seems to be closing in on some answers. And with a surprise trip to Zodiac Academy, she finds more there than she expects. .. This is the third installment of Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac.
  • Elysium by Nik Knight

    Elysium by Nik Knight

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Riley and his angels have finally found their Elysium, and together, they will defend it. After enduring two months in Purgatory at the Seven’s mercy, Riley Shepard emerges alive but forever altered. To protect his angels, he must embrace the powerful darkness inside him, or risk the fate of the realms...
  • Restless Stars by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Restless Stars by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    Orphans. Changelings. Princesses. Queens. We are all and nothing now, our fate weighed on the scales of the stars and counterbalanced by the forces that oppose us. The shadow of the false king spreads as thick as oil across the kingdom we were born to rule, and none remain untouched by its darkness. Our crowns lay within reach if only we can claim them...
  • Returner's Defiance 3 by Bruce Sentar

    Returner's Defiance 3 by Bruce Sentar

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Bran returns to Vein City to find Gloria jealous that he came back with Nyx and Circe. While trying to solve that, Vincent becomes even pushier about entering the Vault. When going to open it, Bran discovers that this life has changed yet again...
  • Yield the Night by Annette Marie

    Yield the Night by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    After surviving a round-trip to hell, Piper figures she can survive anything. After all, she just lived through the devastating loss of her Consul apprenticeship and a torturous stint at boarding school. How much worse could it get? Well, she wasn’t expecting a group of crazy radicals to burn her home to the ground and take her prisoner. The Gaians, a. k. a...
  • Don't Cheat Me by Jackie May

    Don't Cheat Me by Jackie May

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 69 ratings
    One month after Nora's violent induction to the dangerous supernatural side of Detroit, she's finally settling into her new life as the underworld's token human. All she wants to do is mind her own business, enjoy her new friends, and stay safe. But that's easier said than done when she's such an enigma to everyone around her...
  • 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...
  • Unshaken by Dreia Wells

    Unshaken by Dreia Wells

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    I was supposed to be a Light Guardian. My whole life was mapped out and I was going to proudly follow my ancestor's footsteps. So why did the Angels reject me? I trained for years to become one of the Elite in the Angels fight against the forces of evil. When the time came for me to attend Caelum Academy, my invitation never came...
  • 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...
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