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  • Luck of the Devil by Lark Taylor

    Luck of the Devil by Lark Taylor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    One demon. One angel. A relationship that’s failed so many times. Could it really be just one human they’ve been missing?DagonFor centuries, Dimitri and I have tried to make it work. Each time we’ve been torn apart by our dominant natures, neither of us willing to back down. A hundred years ago, I thought he’d betrayed me in the worst possible way...
  • How to Defy a Vampire by Alice Winters

    How to Defy a Vampire by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    FinnStumbling into a crime scene is pretty typical for me. As a human, joining the VRC has done everything but keep me out of trouble. And now I seem to be playing a part that I’d really rather not play… if I want to keep my head, that is.By my side is my partner Marcus, a vampire who has vowed to tear the world apart—and even a mattress—to keep me safe...
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  • Colin by Grae Bryan

    Colin by Grae Bryan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    Colin is a heated, fated-mates MMM paranormal romance with an HEA and no cliffhanger. It contains a grumpy, vampire-addicted human and the twin vampire brothers who are hungry for anything and everything he has to offer. It also contains steamy scenes and the moderate violence (and mentions of blood) one might expect from a vampire romance...
  • Echo by Chani Lynn Feener

    Echo by Chani Lynn Feener

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 25 ratings
    *As there was a problem with the original cover, while we wait, a special edition of the book has been released. The story itself is the same, but the special edition includes bonus material not in the original, as well as this new cover. The Devils of Vitality always hit their mark.Rabbit Trace is a musical prodigy with a secret...
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    queer  magic  anal sex  m-m  dark  fantasy  bdsm  paranormal
  • The Psycho Shifters Sadie's Complete Collection by Jasmine Mas

    The Psycho Shifters Sadie's Complete Collection by Jasmine Mas

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    ★ This Omnibus contains all three of Sadie's books from the bestselling Psycho Shifters series ★Fight like a girl...or a shifter of lore.After growing up with nothing, I've finally found my path to I'm a shifter, an elite soldier who transforms into a monster. All I have to do is survive. I didn't count on my three 6'5 roommates...
  • Knot All Is Ruined Part 1 by Elizabeth Knight

    Knot All Is Ruined Part 1 by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    They told us we’d be helping our country.That we’d be preventing war.It was all one big fat lie and we believed it—until it was too late.Waking up on a bus headed for a war-torn country was just the beginning of the nightmare I couldn’t wake up from. They’d told us during our time in the Omega Care Center there was a chance we might be sent to another country if we didn’t find a pack...
  • Shadow Men by Adira August

    Shadow Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 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 darknessevery light casts a shadow;The closer you get to the lightthe darker that shadow becomes...
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    queer  bdsm  m-m  suspense  mystery  dark  contemporary  angst
  • His Gentle Omega by Raiven Matthews

    His Gentle Omega by Raiven Matthews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shay PierceHow could I love my fated mate when I couldn’t love myself?Escaping with my young son from an abusive relationship, I had one plan to keep my son and I safe. Getting to the safety of my estranged brother and mending our rift. I never imagined I would find my fated mate at the worst possible time in my life...
  • Sleepwalkers by Daniel May

    Sleepwalkers by Daniel May

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    My immortal ex was the last person I wanted to be stuck in a coffin with, and yet here we were.Broken up for over a century, I stayed in touch with Bonifacio out of necessity only. An amoral horndog and possessive leech, Bonifacio was toxic beyond words, but there was no one better at eradicating vampire hunters. I needed him...
  • Forged by Malice by Elizabeth Helen

    Forged by Malice by Elizabeth Helen

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 46 ratings
    I’ve found a new home and fallen in love with four cursed fae princes. But everything could be taken from me in an instant. If I’m to save the Enchanted Vale and the High Princes, this rose is going to need to grow thorns. Being a part of the fae is wonderful...
  • His by Daniel May

    His by Daniel May

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lucas Russo was never a child. He was raised like a soldier, trained like a dog to hunt down his master’s enemies.Shane Case was barely a man. Unraveled by grief, he kidnapped two children to follow in his footsteps, to shape in his image and continue his mission of vengeance.Lucas never forgave Shane, because forgiveness is something reserved for the living. So is hate...
  • Liberation by Stella Rainbow

    Liberation by Stella Rainbow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A wyvern who doesn't trust humans. A human who implicitly trusts him. AmellI knew what monsters looked like, because I'd been raised by one, afraid and unable to get away because he was the strongest thing I knew. Until the day our village was attacked by a mythical beast and it almost made the monster wet himself...
  • War Games by Daniel May

    War Games by Daniel May

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Sons of opposing mob bosses, secretly married when they were seventeen, Nerva Alms and Joseph Pascal were doomed from the start.After his father's gruesome murder, Pascal was mutilated and banished, and Nerva grew to replace his own father as head of the Hanged Men. Now, ten years later, Pascal has returned.War Games is book two in the Hanged Men series, following Blood Sports...
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    anal sex  queer  contemporary  m-m  mafia  dark  abuse  paranormal
  • Beyond by Katie May

    Beyond by Katie May

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    There's one place scarier than hell.And we're in it.There's a series of tunnels beneath the school that we must travel through in order to escape Tory's School for the Troubled.But the world on the other side? It's a land of nightmares and monsters. A place where your worst fears come to life. A world of darkness and pain and suffering...
  • Commanded by Nicholas Bella

    Commanded by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Théoden: On the evening of branding my new son, Noel, my King has called a special meeting of his Court. I can't possibly guess what this meeting is about, as everything within his kingdom is running perfectly. I do know one thing, Ara loves to entertain and be entertained, so at least that's something to look forward to...
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    queer  vampires  contemporary  bdsm  m-m-m  m-m  dark  fantasy
  • Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hot chocolate, snowflakes, jingling bells, and… monsters?That’s what Christmas has in store for you this year!Add a little spice to your holiday festivities by diving into this collection of monster-loving heroines who find love in the most unusual of places.Featuring new, original stories by:Harpie Alexa - USA Today Best Selling AuthorCassia BriarCara BryantRachel CallahanJ.E...
  • Shift of Morals by K. Webster

    Shift of Morals by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I found him when he was a boy.Bloody. Mangled. Near death.If I’d been a merciful alpha, I would’ve snapped his neck and ended him right then.Except, I didn’t.Something in his big brown eyes tugged at my heart strings.I kept him. Healed him. Raised him to be fierce, loyal, and brave.Now that he’s an adult, everything’s changing.He’s no longer the soft, scared beta I once thought he was...
  • 그 끝에 있는 것 1 [At the End of the Road 1] by Haribo

    그 끝에 있는 것 1 [At the End of the Road 1] by Haribo

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    레진코믹스에서 연재 당시 전 연령 BL랭킹 TOP1을 기록하며 웹툰 독자들과 BL마니아들의 인기를 끌었던 『그 끝에 있는 것』이 드디어 아르테팝에서 단행본으로 출간됐다. 웹툰『그 끝에 있는 것』은 완결이 된 지 일 년이 되어가지만 여전히 레진코믹스 전 연령 BL랭킹 TOP3을 유지하며 큰 인기를 끌고 있는 작품이다. 한국뿐만 아니라 미국, 중국, 일본에서 연재하며 연재된 국가에서 모두 높은 순위를 유지하고 있다. 또한『그 끝에 있는 것』을 원작으로 한 러브시뮬레이션 게임이 제작될 정도이니 작품의 재미와 인기를 가늠해 볼 수 있을 것이다.『그 끝에 있는 것』은 한국 BL장르의 발전을 볼 수 있는 작품이다...
  • Malum Discordiae by Ashlyn Drewek

    Malum Discordiae by Ashlyn Drewek

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 36 ratings
    Like all Necromancers, Cassius Corbin grew up knowing one irrevocable truth: death comes for us all. It was a lesson he learned well when his mother was murdered by fellow witches. Six years later, he is back in the town of Winslow, Massachusetts to attend Tennebrose University. But that's not the only reason...
  • The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Secrets lie within the walls of Redwood Manor.The murders, alleged curse, and ghost stories have fascinated Carter ever since he moved to Ivy Grove. After attending a Halloween ball at the mansion and meeting a man almost too beautiful to be real, Carter is captivated even more.But the man disappears after that, leaving Carter with nothing but the memory of a kiss...
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    magic  queer  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  mystery  contemporary  dark
  • Rule Four and Five by Adrienne Wilder

    Rule Four and Five by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This is book two of three. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out...
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    anal sex  queer  contemporary  dark  abuse  suspense  paranormal  m-m
  • Greenwode by J. Tullos Hennig

    Greenwode by J. Tullos Hennig

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Novel of Robyn Hood The Hooded One. The one to breathe the dark and light and dusk between.... When an old druid foresees this harbinger of chaos, he also glimpses its outcome...
  • One Thousand & One Lies by Yumoyori Wilson

    One Thousand & One Lies by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Lies. Words of deception that assist in manipulating a person, group, lover, or foe. With each lie that leaves our lips, a plot morphs into a quick exchange, and the end result? Death. Some call us Reapers of Beauty. Others think we assist the Angel of Death. Assassins? Murders? The list of what we term ourselves are endless. To us, this life is nothing but a job...
  • Unnatural Fate by J.R. Gray

    Unnatural Fate by J.R. Gray

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    My soul mate is my natural enemy.Or close enough.He’s a vampire and I’m a wolf.Our kinds are at war. A centuries old blood war.I can’t stay away from him. I hate him, but I want him.Our love is a standoff. For every inch I take, he pushes a mile.The world is against us. But I’m so tired of fighting the ties between us.For every wolf that dies at the hands of a vampire, I feel more guilty...
  • Nor Iron Bars a Cage by Kaje Harper

    Nor Iron Bars a Cage by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    First I was a sorcerer. Then I was a hermit. For so long—for years that seemed to go on forever—I couldn't bear to be touched. I put up not just walls but whole stone bunkers to keep everyone out, emotionally, and physically as well. I was protected from people, from ghosts, from specters real and imagined. Sure, I was alone. But I felt safe...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  contemporary  fantasy  rape  witches  dark  abuse
  • Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court by K.A. Merikan

    Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    “I am yours, and I can be your prince as well as your beast.”Luke I’m your typical small-town loser stuck in a dead-end job. Single, because dating is for well-adjusted human beings, not traumatized gay boys with trust issues. All I want is to leave my past behind and finally start living.My wish comes true in the most bizarre way imaginable...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  arranged marriage  dark  paranormal  m-m  fae  fantasy
  • Feel My Pain by K.A. Merikan

    Feel My Pain by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    Two enemies cursed to feel each other’s pain. Zane. “I will burn your life to the ground.”Roach. “I’m a cockroach. I’ll survive.”Two years ago, the Rabid Hyenas MC ripped Zane apart like a pack of starving wolves. But he’s not only a survivor, he took revenge that same night.Turns out, one of the bikers is still alive, and as long as that’s the case, Zane will not know peace...
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    magic  anal sex  queer  fantasy  m-m  mystery  abuse  angst
  • Into her by J.A. Huss

    Into her by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When AJ and Logan walked into Yvette Nightingale’s bar they didn’t expect to be there long. They certainly didn’t expect to be dancing with her, or having sex with her, or spending the night with her. Because they were sent there to kill her. Not fall for her. Not feel sorry for her. Not want to take care of her, or protect her, or be in to her . But sometimes people enter your life for a reason...
    Categorized as:
    queer  magic  military  dark  m-m-f  contemporary  suspense  m-m
  • He Sees You When You're Sleeping by Sara Dobie Bauer

    He Sees You When You're Sleeping by Sara Dobie Bauer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    We met when you were just a child, but you’re a man now and need my protection. With Christmas Eve approaching, I’ll watch over you.Whether you know it or not. Because no one is allowed to hurt you.No one but me. At 20K words, He Sees You When You’re Sleeping is a twisted take on Santa, featuring M/M romance, horror, and the holiday season...
  • Shadows Fall by J.K. Hogan

    Shadows Fall by J.K. Hogan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For him, the whole world is a graveyard...A gift—or curse—gives Titus McGinty the unwanted ability to talk to ghosts. When he starts seeing the same few apparitions repeatedly, appearing with similar gruesome injuries, he begins to wonder what they want from him.Detective Charlie Hale has a serial killer on his hands...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  m-m  paranormal  mystery  contemporary  fantasy  suspense
  • Black Magic by Megan Derr

    Black Magic by Megan Derr

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    When High Paladin Sorin discovers the brutally dismembered body of his cousin Alfrey, a much loved priest in the royal palace, he is left baffled as to who would do so terrible a thing to so good a man...
  • 그 끝에 있는 것 1 [At the End of the Road 1] by Haribo

    그 끝에 있는 것 1 [At the End of the Road 1] by Haribo

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    레진코믹스에서 연재 당시 전 연령 BL랭킹 TOP1을 기록하며 웹툰 독자들과 BL마니아들의 인기를 끌었던 『그 끝에 있는 것』이 드디어 아르테팝에서 단행본으로 출간됐다. 웹툰『그 끝에 있는 것』은 완결이 된 지 일 년이 되어가지만 여전히 레진코믹스 전 연령 BL랭킹 TOP3을 유지하며 큰 인기를 끌고 있는 작품이다. 한국뿐만 아니라 미국, 중국, 일본에서 연재하며 연재된 국가에서 모두 높은 순위를 유지하고 있다. 또한『그 끝에 있는 것』을 원작으로 한 러브시뮬레이션 게임이 제작될 정도이니 작품의 재미와 인기를 가늠해 볼 수 있을 것이다.『그 끝에 있는 것』은 한국 BL장르의 발전을 볼 수 있는 작품이다...
  • The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder

    The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is the last book in this trilogy. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out...
  • Cold by Wendy Rathbone

    Cold by Wendy Rathbone

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Cold and Avani find comfort and compatibility with one another until the Beta Council decides a mistake was made in placing them together. Torn apart by a secret scandal, the two must convince beta authorities they have already formed an unbreakable bond...
  • Visible Friend by K.Z. Snow

    Visible Friend by K.Z. Snow

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christopher Borgasian has spent the last seven months painstakingly breaking up with a lover he's adored for three years: heroin. Now he's trying to make it on his own-without the drugs, without the family that rejected him for being gay, and, seemingly, without a friend in the world...
  • The Gift by Lucy Scott Bryan

    The Gift by Lucy Scott Bryan

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hiding is the easiest thing in the world to do. Given the right motivation, anyone can do it. Add a swipe of red lipstick, flashy designer clothes and a pair of banging heels and the only thing people focus on is what they want to see.Case in point – The Gift. Seriously, the concept was marketed perfectly, tied up with pretty ribbon too, and packs around the country fell for it...
  • Blaze by Cara Clare

    Blaze by Cara Clare

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    I found answers, but my fight is only just beginning… One of my guys has been kidnapped. I don’t know if the Anti Magick Alliance took him or if it was the Human Extinction League. But I do know I’ll do whatever it takes to get him back.My magick is growing stronger by the day. I can feel it surging beneath my skin...
  • Tentacles for the Brides Bouquet by Derekica Snake, kiix

    Tentacles for the Brides Bouquet by Derekica Snake, kiix

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This story is no longer available for free. It has been pulled for publication with SL Publishing Group under the new title "Heart of a Satyr".Walter has had a pretty crappy childhood. With an unloving mother and no father, he's always felt different from those around him...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  shapeshifters  dark  abuse
  • Bait Wolf by Sienna Sway

    Bait Wolf by Sienna Sway

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Coal I'm the top wolf fighter in the Lunar City Fight League. Thirty wins, zero losses. That’s why I get targeted. I have to throw my next fight, let the underdog win. That’s the only way I’ll get my baby sister back from the gangsters who kidnapped her. But things don’t go as planned when the bait wolf brought into the ring turns out to be my fated mate. Ember This is my last night...
  • Playing with Shadows (Love is Always Write) by Sasha L. Miller

    Playing with Shadows (Love is Always Write) by Sasha L. Miller

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He was told that everything happened for a reason, that there were things out there that watched your every move. He just never thought that the people telling him this were telling the truth. Until he happened to glimpse something out of the corner of his eye, something that he couldn't explain. And now there are things in the shadows, things that want him...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  contemporary  fantasy  demons  dark  paranormal  m-m
  • Soulless by T. Baggins

    Soulless by T. Baggins

    Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Man of Science Nicholas Robinson is a chemist decades ahead of his time. Crippled by a riding accident and embittered by his injuries, he shuns the world, focusing on his laboratory and experiments. But when the sale of his country estate, Grantley, leads to an encounter with a vampire, Nicholas realizes there is more in heaven and earth than he ever dreamed possible...
  • Ember & Her Marshals by Rosemary A. Johns

    Ember & Her Marshals by Rosemary A. Johns

    Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    My name is Ember, and I’m a Reject Omega. My gorgeous best friend and Alpha from the dangerous Marshal pack broke his promise to share my first heat, and I was sent to the Omega Institute. The last Alpha I expect to buy me in the Institute’s auction is the same Alpha who abandoned me. The man who broke my heart: my enemy...
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