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  • The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 2 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 2 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    HIDDEN TRUTHS AND BURIED HEARTS The longer Mo Ran spends in his life reborn, the less he understands the man he once was, to say nothing of the teacher he so hated. As emperor of the mortal realm, Mo Ran loathed Chu Wanning with all his being, but the Chu Wanning of this life has sacrificed himself for his student's sake time and again...
  • Stormhaven by Jordan L. Hawk

    Stormhaven by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Mysterious happenings are nothing new to reclusive scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne, but finding one of his colleagues screaming for help in the street is rather unusual. Allan Tambling claims he can’t remember any of the last hour—but someone murdered his uncle, and Allan is covered in blood...
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  • Lost & Found by Ariana Nash

    Lost & Found by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What use is a blade without a war? After giving their lives to the Order, the Ashford assassins are in crisis. The battles are over, the war is no more, but assassins cannot retire from who they are. Trey knows this. He may not have been an Assassin of the Order for long, but it was long enough to leave him scarred...
  • Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk

    Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Introverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has spent the last few months watching his lover, Griffin Flaherty, come to terms with the rejection of his adoptive family. So when an urgent telegram from Christine summons them to Egypt, Whyborne is reluctant to risk the fragile peace they’ve established...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  magic  queer  anal sex  contemporary  victorian  demons  dark
  • The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun  Vol. 1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun Vol. 1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    The Emperor Reborn and His Dearest EnemyCruel tyrant Taxian-jun killed his way to the throne and now reigns as the first ever emperor of the mortal realm. Yet somehow, he is unsatisfied. Left cold and bereft, abandoned by all he held dear, he takes his own life...only to be reborn anew...
  • Threshold by Jordan L. Hawk

    Threshold by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Introverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne wants nothing more than to live quietly with his lover, ex-Pinkerton detective Griffin Flaherty. Unfortunately, Whyborne's railroad tycoon father has other ideas, namely hiring Griffin to investigate mysterious events at a coal mine...
  • Dragon's Dusk by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes

    Dragon's Dusk by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I have been a runt, a disappointment, and a monster. Now, I am simply a man.This wouldn’t be so strange, if yesterday, I weren’t a dragon.Locked away and isolated after a vicious attack left a princess blind, my greatest joy has been my bonded rider, Kostya.My Kostya is a prince with the weight of a kingdom on his shoulders...
  • Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk

    Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 46 ratings
    Some things should stay buried. Repressed scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has two skills: reading dead languages and hiding in his office at the Ladysmith Museum. After the tragic death of the friend he secretly loved, he’s ruthlessly suppressed any desire for another man...
  • Creature by Kim Fielding

    Creature by Kim Fielding

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Alone in a cell and lacking memories of his past, John has no idea who—or what—he is. Alone on the streets of 1950s Los Angeles, Harry has far too many memories of his painful past and feels simply resignation in facing his empty future. When Harry is given a chance to achieve his only dream—to become an agent with the Bureau of Trans-Species Affairs—all he has to do is prove his worth...
  • Chained by Kim Fielding

    Chained by Kim Fielding

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An agent for the Bureau of Trans-Species Affairs? That’s the best job in the world. And it’s enough for Terry Brandt, who doesn’t need personal relationships complicating his life. His newest assignment puts him undercover, investigating a Hollywood agent who may have some evil tricks up his sleeve. Edge is not the man he appears to be...
  • Far From Camelot by Rylee Hale

    Far From Camelot by Rylee Hale

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    MerlinThe Kingdom of Camelot did not fall with the death of King Arthur. But I did. I fled to another world because I couldn’t face the shame of my failure, of letting Mordred le Fay kill his own father. Even now, after a thousand years, I hate him.When he shows back up in my life after all this time, that hatred is rekindled. He thinks my hatred equals obsession, but he’s wrong...
  • The Final Masquerade by Ariana Nash

    The Final Masquerade by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    The winter solstice. The darkest day, the longest night.Every year the solstice heralds the return of the masquerade ball. Fae and human dance and drink and make merry, so long as they remain masked. But there's a darker side to this night. Should a guest lose their mask, their life is forfeit, cursed to dance forever for the entertainment of the masquerade's cold and cruel fae host...
  • The Bandalore by D.K. Girl, Danielle K. Girl

    The Bandalore by D.K. Girl, Danielle K. Girl

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His second chance at life will be the bloody death of him.Silas Mercer is a dead man. Or at least...he was.Upon waking in his grave, he finds himself without a single memory of the life he once lived. Silas is bewildered and lost, and apparently, now in the employ of the mysterious Order of the Golden Dawn. A secretive organisation who specialise in all things supernatural...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  fantasy  historical  m-m  paranormal  mystery  demons
  • Master Wolf by Joanna Chambers

    Master Wolf by Joanna Chambers

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    He must master the wolf within…Edinburgh, 1820. Thirty years after leaving Scotland, Drew Nicol is forced to return when the skeleton of a monster is found. The skeleton is evidence of werewolves—evidence that Marguerite de Carcassonne, the leader of Drew’s pack, is determined to suppress. Marguerite insists that Drew accompany her to Edinburgh...
  • Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

    Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 130 ratings
    Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly erotic, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force—a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write...
  • Corruption by Kim Fielding

    Corruption by Kim Fielding

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Once a proud demon of the night sky who carried nightmares to humans, Tenrael has spent decades in captivity as the star attraction of a traveling carnival. He exists in miserable servitude to men who plunk down ten dollars to fulfill their dark desires. Charles Grimes is half human, half… something else...
    Categorized as:
    magic  bdsm  queer  demons  angels  m-m  paranormal  fantasy
  • The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

    The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 21 ratings
    Debut author Jennifer Giesbrecht paints a darkly compelling fantasy of revenge in The Monster of Elendhaven, a dark fantasy about murder, a monster, and the magician who loves both.The city of Elendhaven sulks on the edge of the ocean. Wracked by plague, abandoned by the South, stripped of industry and left to die. But not everything dies so easily...
  • 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...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  alpha male  magic  suspense  queer  royalty  anal sex  tattoos
  • The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by K.J. Charles

    The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 31 ratings
    A story too secret, too terrifying—and too shockingly intimate—for Victorian eyes. A note to the Editor Dear Henry, I have been Simon Feximal’s companion, assistant and chronicler for twenty years now, and during that time my Casebooks of Feximal the Ghost-Hunter have spread the reputation of this most accomplished of ghost-hunters far and wide...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  magic  queer  anal sex  tortured hero  m-m  paranormal  dark
  • The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles

    The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 104 ratings
    A lord in danger. A magician in turmoil. A snowball in hell. Exiled to China for twenty years, Lucien Vaudrey never planned to return to England. But with the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, it seems the new Lord Crane has inherited an earldom. He’s also inherited his family’s enemies. He needs magical assistance, fast. He doesn't expect it to turn up angry...
  • A Case of Possession by K.J. Charles

    A Case of Possession by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 75 ratings
    Magic in the blood. Danger in the streets. Lord Crane has never had a lover quite as elusive as Stephen Day. He knows Stephen’s job as justiciar requires secrecy, but the magician is doing his disappearing act more than seems reasonable—especially since Crane will soon return to his home in China...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  suspense  magic  queer  vengeance  forbidden love  anal sex  m-m
  • Theoden by Nicholas Bella

    Theoden by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    My name is Theoden, this is the story of my life. Apparently, there has been a huge demand for me to tell it. Normally, I do what I want, unless the command comes from my Sire, Ara. But, revealing the tale about how I became the powerful vampire Prince of the City is something I think I will enjoy telling...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  magic  suspense  queer  m-m  vampires  paranormal  fantasy
  • Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

    Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 42 ratings
    In this stunning new fantasy novel from international bestselling author C. S. Pacat, heroes and villains of a long-forgotten war are reborn and begin to draw new battle lines. This epic fantasy with high-stakes romance will sit perfectly on shelves next to beloved fantasy novels like the Infernal Devices series, the Shadow and Bone trilogy, and the Red Queen series...
  • Iron & Fire by Ariana Nash, Pippa DaCosta

    Iron & Fire by Ariana Nash, Pippa DaCosta

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 32 ratings
    Alliances are forged and broken, friendships shattered, and despite the odds stacked against them, two hearts collide in this explosive sequel to Silk & Steel. From his mother’s cage to a human one, but Lysander’s captors are the least of his concerns...
  • A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

    A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 142 ratings
    Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black...
  • As Above by Julie Mannino

    As Above by Julie Mannino

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    He lowered his lips to Riley’s ear. “All you have to do is be a good little pet.”When Riley’s secret friend, Eren, vanishes from the woods where he hides, Riley starts to think he imagined him...
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 77 ratings
    At the dawn of the nineteenth century, two very different magicians emerge to change England's history. In the year 1806, with the Napoleonic Wars raging on land and sea, most people believe magic to be long dead in England--until the reclusive Mr Norrell reveals his powers, and becomes a celebrity overnight...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  magic  queer  mystery  erotica  m-m  georgian  witches
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