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  • Clear and Muddy Loss of Love / 泾渭情殇 by 请君莫笑

    Clear and Muddy Loss of Love / 泾渭情殇 by 请君莫笑

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A natural moat called the Luo river split the great land into two. Jing of the north, and Wei of the south.One was the Prince of the grass plains who had no worries nor sorrow. One was a lawful Princess who received exclusive favour of the Emperor...
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    queer  historical  from hate to love  war  fantasy  f-f  angst  dark
  • The Sagittarius by K. Aten

    The Sagittarius by K. Aten

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Kyri has known her share of loss in the two decades that she has been alive. She never expected to find herself a slave in roman lands, nor did she think she had the heart to become a gladiatrix. But with her soul shattered she must fight to see her way back home again...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  queer  fantasy  f-f  dark  length-medium
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  • The Blood-Born Dragon by J.C. Rycroft

    The Blood-Born Dragon by J.C. Rycroft

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    A bond she didn’t choose.A love she can’t escape.A creature so powerful it bends the limits of time…Smart, sassy, and sanguine, Des Mildue is a traveling sellsword in Rescalin, a dry and dusty kingdom full of rogues, opportunists, and thieves. She keeps her nose clean, brazens it out with a blade when she can’t, and keeps others at arm’s length where they can’t mess up her plans...
  • Dragonoak: The Sky Beneath The Sun by Sam Farren

    Dragonoak: The Sky Beneath The Sun by Sam Farren

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 11 ratings
    (This is the second book in a series.)The days when Rowan Northwood was exiled to the farmland around her village seem like a lifetime ago, and the passing Knight she ran away with has become a memory she does her best not to revisit. Her powers lie dormant, settling within her as glowing embers waiting to come alive once more...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  queer  fantasy  f-f  magic  pirates  dark  behind-doors
  • Summoner 15 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 15 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gryff has his hands pretty full in the south.Not only is Varleth still missing, but now Veopa has awakened in the country of Vay.Plus, his women have been emboldened by his hawk wife Freya, and now they all want to bear him children.It’s a hard job, but someone’s gotta do it, and Gryff is certainly not complaining...
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    queer  fantasy  harems  menage  f-f  alpha male  dark  poly
  • Summoner 12 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 12 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The capital Umo Portana has fallen to the goddess Utuni. But Gryff isn’t about to let the rest of Utun fall to the serpent Archon. The only problem is, Utuni’s blood aura makes her legions more powerful with each monster that’s killed, so Gryff and his team realize they’re going to need a little help. Gryff expects maybe a few Utun men to join his cause...
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    queer  fantasy  harems  menage  f-f  alpha male  dark  poly
  • Dragonoak: Gall and Wormwood by Sam Farren

    Dragonoak: Gall and Wormwood by Sam Farren

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 9 ratings
    The third book in the Dragonoak series. Rowan’s journey has taken her across oceans and through ruined Kingdoms. Years have passed since she spent her days exiled to the farmland around her village, and she’s finally where it all started: Thule, the Kingdom’s capital, where those responsible for so much death and destruction hold power...
  • Death's Abyss by S.D. Simper

    Death's Abyss by S.D. Simper

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All are equal in death. Tallora’s world ends in a single, bloodstained night, and all the world will fall in line unless the gods interfere. But divine aid comes at a price no mortal can pay, except in death . . . and perhaps Death herself has a few tricks of her own. From the author of FALLEN GODS comes a tale of redemption and sacrifice—and the true power of forgiveness...
  • Summoner 9 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 9 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Phi might be taken care of, but now another problem arises to the South. Gryff and his team travel to the Southern Continent to address rumors of a risen goddess, and as they trek through the treacherous jungles, Gryff has to keep his wits about him … Because something is watching...
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    queer  fantasy  harems  menage  f-f  alpha male  dark  poly
  • Summoner 10 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 10 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Gryff and his team have tracked down the Archon Miralea to her temple fortress. But that was the easy part. Now, they must fight their way through her hundreds of crazed followers, continue to survive the perils of the jungle, and try to defeat their third Archon...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  harems  menage  f-f  alpha male  dark  poly
  • Summoner 11 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 11 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    As if one Archon loose on the Southern continent wasn’t enough, now the snake-goddess Utuni has awakened. And she’s joined forces with Miralea. But the jaguar goddess is still weak after her defeat at Gryff’s hands, so there’s still a chance for Gryff to capture her...
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    queer  fantasy  harems  menage  f-f  alpha male  dark  poly
  • Summoner 13 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 13 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Gryff has finally captured Miralea and Utuni, the two goddesses who wreaked havoc upon the Southern Continent. Now, it’s time to go home. Or … at least that was the plan. But after a surprise rift and a hurricane, Gryff finds himself stranded on an unknown island with his friends nowhere in sight...
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    queer  fantasy  harems  menage  f-f  alpha male  dark  poly
  • Summoner 7 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 7 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Gryff and his friends have spent the last two years battling constant rifts and hunting down ancient ciphers, but now that they’re starting to get some answers, only more questions arise. Gryff will have to be on the top of his game to stay ahead of betrayals, political coups, and goddess monsters from the shadowscape attempting to seduce him...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  harems  menage  f-f  alpha male  dark  poly
  • Summoner 6 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 6 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Free from the Shadowscape, Gryff returns to the world only to find two months have passed him by, but it’s nothing compared to what’s in store for him next. Gryff has his hands full between Enclaves falling, undead bounty hunters hell bent on revenge, and oh yeah, the council is out to get him, too...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  queer  fantasy  harems  menage  f-f  alpha male  dark
  • The First and Last Demon: A Sapphic Fantasy Romance by Hiyodori

    The First and Last Demon: A Sapphic Fantasy Romance by Hiyodori

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 5 ratings
    Meet Char: a once-renowned human warrior, trapped in an abandoned city with a demon who hates her. A demon who woke her from a fifty-year magical slumber specifically for the sake of tormenting her.The demon’s name: Vesper. She and Char go a long, long way back. They used to be partners on the battlefield. National heroes. An unbeatable team bonded by magic...
  • Summoner 14 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 14 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Gryff has gained a new power and a new shapeshifting wife.But his impromptu vacation is over.When his Mistral friends find him again, they inform him that Varleth is still missing, and the Archon Veopa has awakened in the country of Vay.Now, it’s up to Gryff to search for his friend and hopefully bring peace to the shapeshifting territories...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  menage  f-f  alpha male  harems  dark  poly
  • Framework of the Frontier by Sain Artwell, Katana Jones

    Framework of the Frontier by Sain Artwell, Katana Jones

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Monster girls, divine magic, and a frontier of dungeons to tame.William Adams hoped to escape his dead-end life by reconnecting with estranged friends. They died when a floating cuboid interrupted the gaming night and vaporized everyone...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  harems  f-f  dark  poly
  • Branded Ann by Merry Shannon

    Branded Ann by Merry Shannon

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    No pirate on the high seas is more bloodthirsty than the notorious Branded Ann, a woman with eyes like ice and a face marred by a mysterious cross-shaped scar. When she raids a merchant vessel bound for Jamaica, her only objective is to obtain the map that will lead her to a legendary treasure. But she hadn't bargained on taking Violet, the merchant's young widow, on board her ship as a prisoner...
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    historical  queer  pirates  f-f  fantasy  dark  length-short
  • The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

    The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A breathtaking geopolitical fantasy as fraught as Game of Thrones, The Monster Baru Cormorant is the long-anticipated sequel to Seth Dickinson gut-wrenching debut, The Traitor Baru Cormorant.Baru Cormormant's world was shattered by the Empire of Masks...
  • Reckless Hands by T.L. Smith

    Reckless Hands by T.L. Smith

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    She was to be my wife.I was to be her husband.Fate had other plans.She was falling for someone else while I was waiting for her.When you come from one of the most ruthless families in the country, you’re used to getting what you want.Part of me wanted her, the other…Well, let’s just say, sometimes love can be reckless.Reckless Hands is the 5th installment, in the Chained Hearts Duet world...
  • Of Roses and Kings by Melissa Marr

    Of Roses and Kings by Melissa Marr

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this dark, skewed take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice is now the Red Queen, and her maid must tread the fine line between favor and blame in this strange world.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  queer  fantasy  f-f  dark  length-novella
  • The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan

    The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan

    Rated: 3.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In this queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do and Hot Dog Girl, the sole surviving counselors of a summer camp massacre search to uncover the truth of what happened that fateful night, but what they find out might just get them killed...
    Categorized as:
    young adult  queer  mystery  f-f  contemporary  suspense  dark  fantasy
  • Charon Docks at Daylight by Zoe Reed

    Charon Docks at Daylight by Zoe Reed

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    It's six years after an infection turned a majority of the population into ferocious, zombie-like creatures that hunt during the day, forcing the living into a nocturnal state of existence. Survival is a continuous struggle when it's hide or fight, and the creatures aren't the only threat in a wasted America. Sometimes fighting is the only answer...
  • Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

    Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 113 ratings
    The Emperor needs necromancers.The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense.Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth, first in The Locked Tomb Trilogy, unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants...
  • Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

    Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 51 ratings
    Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church hierarchy think she's far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she's no closer to ending the men who destroyed her familia; in fact, she's told directly that Consul Scaeva is off limits...
  • Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

    Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 67 ratings
    Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station.She answered the Emperor's call.She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.In victory, her world has turned to ash...
  • The Emperor's Bone Palace by Hailey Turner

    The Emperor's Bone Palace by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Every heart is meant to break.THE NAMELESS. As a warden, Soren’s duty is to guard against the dead, but he was never trained to guard against his heart. Drawn into a web of Solarian politics, Soren finds himself at the center of a storm of his own making, unwilling to break free if it means losing the man he loves...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  queer  fantasy  m-m  steampunk  magic  f-f  mystery
  • Blood of the Moon by S.D. Simper

    Blood of the Moon by S.D. Simper

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Successful in her quest, Flowridia returns to Staelash for a joyous affair—the long awaited wedding of Marielle and Zorlaeus, an event promising to seal her kingdom and Nox’Kartha as allies. But the price of Ayla’s return, and the sacrifice it demands, weighs heavily on her heart. To do nothing means to live a life of loneliness, but to act would condemn her eternal soul...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  f-f  vampires  witches  dark  paranormal  horror
  • Of Wulf and Wynd, Part 1: The Vows of Marriage by Lexa Luthor

    Of Wulf and Wynd, Part 1: The Vows of Marriage by Lexa Luthor

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Princess Tharon and Princess Roswynd were best of friends as kids; now they are enemies and forced to marry each other.The Kingdom of White Sommer and the Kingdom of Wyndfeld had been united and strong. Princess Tharon of White Sommer grew up with her best friend Princess Roswynd of Wyndfeld, both having vowed to always be together...
  • Door of Bruises by Sierra Simone

    Door of Bruises by Sierra Simone

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 25 ratings
    𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬.We are all, for better or worse, doomed to love each other until death do us part. My heart belongs to Proserpina and St. Sebastian—even if he no longer wants it. Even if she has left it behind to follow him.Delphine’s fled back home, and Becket’s holy calling is in peril...
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