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  • In Memoriam by Alice Winn

    In Memoriam by Alice Winn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    It’s 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. News of the heroic deaths of their friends only makes the war more exciting...
  • Our Bloodline by K.C. Kean

    Our Bloodline by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 49 ratings
    Mrs. Luna ‘Moon’ Steele.The thought alone gives me goosebumps, but there is still no happily ever after for us yet. Everything seems to stand in the way of my Aceholes and I, but we stand together. Through thick and thin, till death do us part.My egg donor is dead, and The Games have finally arrived. Stepping into Beechwood Hall, the challenges surprise even me...
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  • God of Fury by Rina Kent

    God of Fury by Rina Kent

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 157 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a new STANDALONE MM college romance. I’m not attracted to men. Or so I thought before I slammed into Nikolai Sokolov. A mafia heir, a notorious bastard, and a violent monster. An ill-fated meeting puts me in his path. And just like that, he has his sights set on me. A quiet artist, a golden boy, and his enemy’s twin brother...
  • Wolves vs. Hearts by Anna Green

    Wolves vs. Hearts by Anna Green

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    The second volume of The Heart Rate of a Mouse trilogy.A new band, a new city, and new lover - Ryan dusts himself off and starts again, but the god-like status that his former band's tragic end has given him isn't as easy to shake off. As he should be focusing on making a comeback with his new band, he runs into the one person he hasn't been able to forget...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  historical  angst  contemporary  cheating  dark  bisexual
  • The Saviors: Part two by Ames Mills

    The Saviors: Part two by Ames Mills

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 30 ratings
    The Saviors.We pride ourselves on saving people. But what happens when we can’t save the ones we hold closest to us? A vendetta that brought us back to Forest Grove has put all our lives on the line. The woman we love is thrust back into the arms of the monster that hurt her...
  • The Bridge of Silver Wings by John Wiltshire

    The Bridge of Silver Wings by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    The third book in the series More Heat Than the Sun Ben discovers the truth of the old adage 'be careful what you wish for'. Nikolas has exorcised his demons, but when they end up stranded in Russia, the monster inside needs to be let loose. Siberia in winter isn't a place for good men. There is nothing Nikolas won't do to keep Ben alive...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  suspense  m-m  mystery  alpha male  angst  dark
  • A Charm of Finches by Suanne Laqueur

    A Charm of Finches by Suanne Laqueur

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “I swear. Give me one more chance and I will make the most of it.”Ex-escort Javier Landes is asking for his third chance at love. And the third time is the charm. He meets an art therapist named Steffen Finch and what starts as casual deepens into a passionate relationship—everything Jav has ever wanted, and everything he fears losing. Stef’s business card reads Curator & Sailor...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  abuse  angst  rape  length-long
  • Salt Kiss by Sierra Simone

    Salt Kiss by Sierra Simone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 57 ratings
    After being a soldier, working as a bodyguard should have been keep the owner of DC’s ultra-secret club safe, don’t think about his midnight eyes or his devil’s smile, don’t surrender my body to his wicked desires. But I underestimated Mark Trevena and the power of his dark, seductive world. I underestimated the hold he’d have on me, the way I would do anything for him at all...
  • Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

    Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 230 ratings
    With their countries on the brink of war, Damen and his new master Prince Laurent must exchange the intrigues of the palace for the sweeping might of the battlefield as they travel to the border to avert a lethal plot. Forced to hide his identity, Damen finds himself increasingly drawn to the dangerous, charismatic Laurent...
    Categorized as:
    queer  suspense  alpha male  abuse  royalty  dark  bdsm  war
  • Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat

    Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 196 ratings
    Damen’s identity has been revealed, and now he must face his master, Prince Laurent, as Damianos of Akielos, the man Laurent has sworn to kill. The struggle that ensues takes them deep into Akielos, where they face their most dangerous opposition yet. On the brink of a momentous battle, the future of two kingdoms hangs in the balance. In the south, Kastor’s forces are massing...
    Categorized as:
    queer  dark  from hate to love  erotica  war  bdsm  military  fantasy
  • Heartsong by T.J. Klune

    Heartsong by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 79 ratings
    Heartsong is the third book in the Green Creek Series, the beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and family.“ Complex and startling... Green Creek is the perfect setting.” ―Charlaine HarrisThe Bennett family has a They're not just a family, they're a pack. Heartsong is Robbie Fontaine's story...
  • The King's Men by Nora Sakavic

    The King's Men by Nora Sakavic

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 75 ratings
    Neil Josten is out of time. He knew when he came to PSU he wouldn't survive the year, but with his death right around the corner he's got more reasons than ever to live. Befriending the Foxes was inadvisable. Kissing one is unthinkable. Neil should know better than to get involved with anyone this close to the end, but Andrew's never been the easiest person to walk away from...
  • Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 3 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 3 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 38 ratings
    SOMETHING TO FIGHT FOR, SOMEONE TO LIVE FORGods should never meddle in the affairs of mortals, but Xie Lian is not one to follow the rules when lives are at risk. He spits in the face of heaven and its laws and descends in a fury to save his country from drought and civil war...
  • The King by Tiffany Reisz

    The King by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 27 ratings
    Cunning. Sex. Pure nerve. Only this unholy threesome can raise him to his rightful place as a ruler of Manhattan's kink kingdom. Bouncing from bed to bed on the Upper East Side, Kingsley Edge is brilliant, beautiful and utterly debauched. No carnal act or chemical compound can relieve his self-destructive heartache—only Søren, the one person he loves without limit or regret...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  erotica  dark  bdsm  anal sex  m-m  alpha male
  • The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

    The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 69 ratings
    Book 2 of All for the Game; The Raven King follows The Foxhole CourtThe Foxes are a fractured mess, but their latest disaster might be the miracle they've always needed to come together as a team. The one person standing in their way is Andrew, and the only one who can break through his personal barriers is Neil...
  • Ravensong by T.J. Klune

    Ravensong by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 95 ratings
    Gordo Livingstone never forgot the lessons carved into his skin. Hardened by the betrayal of a pack who left him behind, he sought solace in the garage in his tiny mountain town, vowing never again to involve himself in the affairs of wolves. It should have been enough. And it was, until the wolves came back, and with them, Mark Bennett...
  • Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat

    Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 22 ratings
    In this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Dark Rise, Will and his allies have survived the Dark’s first assault, but at a terrible cost.A new threat from the past is rising, and only a handful of heroes remain to fight...
  • The Interludes by Santino Hassell, Ais

    The Interludes by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Interludes is an anthology of stand alone stories that exist between Book #2 (Afterimage) and Book #4 (Fade) of the In The Company of Shadows series. This anthology contains key plot points and major development of characters and relationships that cannot be missed...
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 1 by 墨香铜臭, Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 1 by 墨香铜臭, Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 43 ratings
    Wei Wuxian was once one of the most powerful men of his generation, a talented and clever young cultivator who harnessed martial arts and spirituality into powerful abilities. But when the horrors of war led him to seek more power through demonic cultivation, the world's respect for his abilities turned to fear, and his death was celebrated throughout the land...
  • For the Fans by Nyla K.

    For the Fans by Nyla K.

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 173 ratings
    Kyran Harbor is everything I’m not. Rich. Popular. A superstar football player who’s awfully broody for someone who has it all. Basically, he’s a preppy jock who hates me. Oh, and he’s also my stepbrother. That’s right. We’re stuck together, sharing a school, a house… A bathroom. Honestly, I wouldn’t care… If he wasn’t such an uptight control-freak who messes with me just because we’re different...
  • No Paths Are Bound by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    No Paths Are Bound by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Book III is chapters 89-180...
    Categorized as:
    queer  demons  historical  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  dark  magic
  • The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards

    The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 29 ratings
    The last member of a murdered House tries to protect his ward from forced marriage to a monster while uncovering clues to his own tortured past. The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts based on the traditional Tarot deck...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  urban fantasy  magic  m-m  paranormal  mystery  dark
  • Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

    Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 70 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...
  • Fade by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Fade by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Years after the bombs of WWIII have changed the physical and political landscape, the Agency ruthlessly works behind the scenes to take down rebel groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means. Hsin Liu Vega (Sin) is their most efficient and deadly assassin ever...
  • Afterimage by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Afterimage by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In the Company of Shadows is a series about two people who are thrown together as partners in a secret agency; their mission is to disband rebels who have propagated in a post-war future, but they have to deal with everything that comes with an unlikely partnership as well...
    Categorized as:
    queer  war  mystery  suspense  fantasy  erotica  futuristic  abuse
  • Plier by Jane Washington

    Plier by Jane Washington

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 62 ratings
    Ironside is more than a regular academy. It’s also the biggest reality TV show in the world … and a very elaborate, very luxurious prison. Their hallowed halls are ruled by the powerful Betas and the middling Omegas, with the plentiful Deltas as their main targets, but this year, the officials are stirring things up.Isobel Carter—the only rare Sigma to be accepted—is the first sign...
  • Half the Battle by Elle Thorpe

    Half the Battle by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 86 ratings
    At the edge of a cliff, in the pouring rain, the man I once loved attacks me. His fingers tear at my flesh, his breath hot in my ear as he spews venomous words of hate and promises of death. My only hope is Scythe. The psychopath locked away inside the mind of another. Letting him out will only cause chaos and violence. And yet, I utter his name and free him to save myself...
  • Special Forces - Soldiers by Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate

    Special Forces - Soldiers by Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 26 ratings
    Special Forces is the story of a Scottish SAS soldier and a Soviet spetsnaz soldier. Two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union's last war in Afghanistan. Behind enemy lines respect and finally love grow ... but that's only the official version. This epic spans across over twenty-five years of their lives...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  military  from hate to love  dark  bdsm  erotica  war
  • Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles

    Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 72 ratings
    Danger in the air. Lovers on the brink. With the justiciary understaffed, a series of horrifying occult murders to be investigated, and a young student who is flying—literally—off the rails, magical law enforcer Stephen Day is under increasing stress. And his relationship with his aristocratic lover, Lord Crane, is beginning to feel the strain...
  • First Against the Wall by Manna Francis

    First Against the Wall by Manna Francis

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Who is leading the rabble to victory? Toreth shifted against the wall, trying to get comfortable. Between bruises and handcuffs, he didn't have much success. On the first day, in the first cell, the lights had been on, the water dispenser working, and the prisoner feeding schedule still running. Then the lights went out, and things had gone steadily downhill from there...
    Categorized as:
    queer  futuristic  suspense  dark  mystery  dystopian  bdsm  m-m
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