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  • The Husky and His White Cat Shizun (2HA) #1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

    The Husky and His White Cat Shizun (2HA) #1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    言简意赅的文案:我本欲抱师兄归,岂料抱走了……师尊?王八攻x霸王受啰里啰嗦的文案:墨燃觉得自己拜楚晚宁为师就是个错误。他的师尊实在太像猫,而他则像一只摇头摆尾的傻狗。狗和猫是有生殖隔离的,傻狗原本并不想向那只猫伸出他毛茸茸的爪子。他原本觉得啊,狗就应该和狗在一起,比如他的师兄,漂亮温驯,像一只可爱的狐狸犬,他们俩在一起一定很般配。可是死过去又活过来,活了两辈子,他最后叼回窝里的,都是那个最初他根本瞧不上眼的,雪白的猫咪师尊。蠢到爆表哈士奇攻x傲娇暴躁大白猫受Ps.1.这是个渣攻重生之后,试图从良的故事。架空修真文,不必细考。2.从良不是那么容易的,路漫漫其修远兮,此君将上下而求索。求索过程中难免依然犯错,犯浑。请各位小姐姐包涵。3.攻受的三观不代表作者的三观,喷人物可以,不要喷作者呀~4.攻死蠢且变态,精分且人渣,重生之后,虽有改变,但过程缓慢,不能忍受的请点叉!点叉!!!!!5...
  • Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong

    Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 51 ratings
    Shanghai is under siege in this captivating and searingly romantic sequel to These Violent Delights, which New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan calls “deliciously dark.”The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution.After sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud, Juliette has been a girl on the warpath...
  • Maelstrom by Jordan L. Hawk

    Maelstrom by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Between his father’s sudden—and rather suspicious—generosity, and his own rash promise to help Christine plan her wedding, Percival Endicott Whyborne has quite enough to worry about. But when the donation of a mysterious codex to the Ladysmith Museum draws the attention of a murderous cult, Whyborne finds himself in a race against time to unlock its secrets first...
  • Last Violent Call by Chloe Gong

    Last Violent Call by Chloe Gong

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes two captivating new novellas surrounding the events of Foul Lady Fortune and following a familiar cast of characters from the These Violent Delights Duet!In A Foul Thing, Roma and Juliette have established themselves as the heads of an underground weapons ring in Zhouzhuang, making a living the way they do best while remaining anonymous...
  • Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk

    Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Whyborne, Griffin, and their friends have faced down cultists, monsters, and sorcerers. But their greatest challenge is now upon them.On the return voyage from Balefire Manor, Whyborne receives the worst news possible: Widdershins has fallen before the onslaught of the Fideles and their servants. There’s still time to stop the return of the Masters, but that window grows shorter by the hour...
  • Draakenwood by Jordan L. Hawk

    Draakenwood by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Someone is killing members of the old families…and the evidence points to Whyborne. Widdershins has been unusually quiet for months. But now a mysterious creature from the Outside is on the loose, assassinating members of the town’s old families by draining their blood...
  • Balefire by Jordan L. Hawk

    Balefire by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Whyborne’s Endicott relatives have returned to collect on the promise he made to help them take back their ancestral manor from an evil cult. In exchange, they’ll give him the key to deciphering the Wisborg Codex, which Whyborne needs to learn how to stop the masters...
  • Bloodline by Jordan L. Hawk

    Bloodline by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Between his bullying father and dissolute brother, Percival Endicott Whyborne has quite enough problematic family members to deal with. So when his sister returns to Widdershins asking for help solving the mystery of a derelict ship, Whyborne is reluctant to get involved. Until, that is, a brutal murderer strikes, leaving Whyborne and his lover Griffin no choice but to take the case...
  • Hoarfrost by Jordan L. Hawk

    Hoarfrost by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sorcerer Percival Endicott Whyborne and his husband Griffin Flaherty have enjoyed an unprecedented stretch of peace and quiet. Unfortunately, the calm is shattered by the arrival of a package from Griffin’s brother Jack, who has uncovered a strange artifact while digging for gold in Alaska. The discovery of a previously unknown civilization could revive the career of their friend Dr...
  • Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

    Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard's investigations. It's a peaceful, if solitary profession…until the day when he's called to the river to examine the latest in a series of mysterious bodies, mangled by some unknown force.Galen is a paladin of a dead god, lost to holiness and no longer entirely sane...
  • Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg

    Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Rhode Island, 1846. Estranged from his family, writer Merritt Fernsby is surprised when he inherits a remote estate in the Narragansett Bay. Though the property has been uninhabited for more than a century, Merritt is ready to call it home—until he realizes he has no choice. With its doors slamming shut and locking behind him, Whimbrel House is not about to let Merritt leave. Ever...
  • Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk

    Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found hereIntroverted 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...
  • Stormhaven by Jordan L. Hawk

    Stormhaven by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found hereMysterious 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...
  • Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey

    Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The final chapter in Mercedes Lackey's spellbinding fantasy trilogy! The Herald-Mage, Vanyel, and his Companion, Yfandes, are alone responsible for saving the once-peaceful kingdom of Valdemar from the forces of a master who wields a dark, forbidding magic. And if either Vanyel or Yfandes falters, both Valdemar and its Herald-Mage must pay the ultimate price...
  • Hexslayer by Jordan L. Hawk

    Hexslayer by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Horse shifter Nick has one rule: never trust a witch.Nick has devoted his life to making his saloon a safe haven for the feral familiars of New York. So when a brutal killer slaughters a feral under his protection, Nick has no choice but to try and catch the murderer. Even if that means bonding with a handsome Irish witch...
  • Fallow by Jordan L. Hawk

    Fallow by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Griffin’s past collides with his present, will it cost the lives of everyone he loves?Between the threat of a world-ending invasion from the Outside and unwelcome revelations about his own nature, Percival Endicott Whyborne is under a great deal of strain...
  • Sacrificed: Heart Beyond the Spires by Bey Deckard

    Sacrificed: Heart Beyond the Spires by Bey Deckard

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Novel (127,090 words)Genre(s): Historical Fantasy, Erotic Action/Adventure, Polyamory, LGBT+/GSMReunited once more, the crew of Baal’s Heart must make the long and treacherous journey south to the towering spires of the Devil’s Isles...
  • Harmony by Jordan L. Hawk

    Harmony by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Whyborne just wants a quiet Christmas Eve at home, but Griffin has other plans.WARNING: Contains spoilers from Bloodline...
  • Undertow by Jordan L. Hawk

    Undertow by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Note: This novella takes place at the same time as events in Fallow (Whyborne & Griffin 8). Shy secretary Maggie Parkhurst knows there’s nothing special about her. She’s neither sorceress, nor fighter, nor scholar...
  • Unhallowed by Jordan L. Hawk

    Unhallowed by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Novel of Widdershins Monsters. Murder. Librarians.Librarian Sebastian Rath is the only one who believes his friend Kelly O’Neil disappeared due to foul play. But without any clues or outside assistance, there’s nothing he can do to prove it.When bookbinder Vesper Rune is hired to fill the vacancy left by O’Neil, he receives an ominous letter warning him to leave...
  • Murmuration by T.J. Klune

    Murmuration by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the small mountain town of Amorea, it’s stretching toward autumn of 1954. The memories of a world at war are fading in the face of a prosperous future. Doors are left unlocked at night, and neighbors are always there to give each other a helping hand. The people here know certain things as fact: Amorea is the best little town there is. The only good Commie is a dead Commie...
  • The Cottage by Ariana Nash

    The Cottage by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Vasili has a new life and a new name. Niko just wants his prince to be happy. But when has Vasili made anything easy? * The more Niko tries to to carve out a perfect life, the more Vasili pulls away. Niko has one last chance to save them, one surprise that will cement their love forever or have it crumble to dust. * Vasili knows Nikolas is lying...
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    lgbtq  mlm  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  assassins  book  dark
  • The Midnight Hour: All Hallows' Brides: A Gothic Regency Historical Romance collection by Kathryn Le Veque, Meara Platt

    The Midnight Hour: All Hallows' Brides: A Gothic Regency Historical Romance collection by Kathryn Le Veque, Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When doors creak and ghostly whispers are heard in the midnight hour, this stunning collection of Gothic Regency Historical Romance is sure to leave you breathless with Poe-inspired, romantic dreams… Welcome to the All-Hallows’ Brides collection...
  • A Shimmer in the Night by Kelley York

    A Shimmer in the Night by Kelley York

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Benjamin Prichard has spent much of his life feeling like an outsider. Growing up, his odd behaviour and visions of ghosts left him isolated, not to mention being the child of an immigrant mother and an absent father. Benjamin walks the line between not being Chinese enough for one community, and not English enough for the other.Whisperwood School for Boys changes everything...
  • The Diablo's Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa

    The Diablo's Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From the author of The Wicked Bargain comes a high-stakes race to defeat a curse designed to kill about a teen demon who wants to be human, a boy cursed to die young, and the murderous island destined to bury them both.Dami is a demon determined to cancel every deal they've ever made in order to tether their soul to earth and become human again...
  • Copper Coins [铜钱龛世 ] by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Copper Coins [铜钱龛世 ] by Mu Su Li, 木苏里

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was the twenty-third year of Tianxi. Rumours traversed the streets that the all-knowing Imperial Advisor suffered a great calamity and could not help but enter seclusion to focus on cultivation. However, the commoners secretly clapped their hands and rejoiced. In the winter of the same year, a young monk appeared in the Hui Zhou Fu’s Ningyang District...
  • Unseen by Jordan L. Hawk

    Unseen by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Librarian Sebastian Rath and his lover Vesper Rune are tasked with seeking and containing the evil Books of the Bound. But one of the Books has been freed from its prison—and is in the hands of a killer.As more bodies turn up, Sebastian finds himself tempted to use forbidden magic to locate the Book and stop the murderer...
  • Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás

    Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A queer retelling of Satan's fall that's part cozy coming of age and part fast-paced tragedy, with a little love story in between –In an eternal paradise, the most beautiful angel, Lucifer, struggles with shame, identity, and timidity, with little more than the desire to worship his creator.It isn't until the strongest angel, Michael, comes into his life that Lucifer learns to love himself...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  romance  fantasy  retellings  myths  horror  fiction
  • The Witch of Tin Mountain by Paulette Kennedy

    The Witch of Tin Mountain by Paulette Kennedy

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In Depression-era Arkansas, something wicked has come to a haunted mountain town in a novel of uncanny suspense by the author of Parting the Veil.Blood and power bind three generations of women in the Ozark Mountains. So does an evil that’s followed them across the decades.1931. Gracelynn Doherty lives peacefully on Tin Mountain, helping her adoptive granny work her cures...
  • Guardian Spirits by Jordan L. Hawk

    Guardian Spirits by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Psychic medium Vincent Night and his lover Henry Strauss have spent months striving to uncover the dark secret harbored by Vincent’s dead mentor, James Dunne. Their only clue comes from a journal: Dunne was seeking to restore the Grand Harmonium, an artifact meant to breach the walls between life and death...
  • The Life I Stole by Nikola Scott

    The Life I Stole by Nikola Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    May 1953. England is finally starting to recover from World War Two. Shop shelves are filling, the young Princess Elizabeth is about to be crowned, and 22-year-old Isobel McIntyre is a young doctor-in-training at a London university.Eight years after the men have returned from war, most women have been relegated to the home again...
  • Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles, KJ查爾斯

    Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles, KJ查爾斯

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 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 flying off the rails, magical law enforcer Stephen Day is under increasing stress. And the strain is starting to show in his relationship with his aristocratic lover, Lord Crane...
  • A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

    A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    A lyrical and dreamy reimagining of Dracula’s brides, A Dowry of Blood is a story of desire, obsession, and emancipation. Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king...
  • Pride by K.A. Merikan

    Pride by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Volume 2 in the ponyplay erotic romance trilogy: The Copper HorseLondon1907, twenty years into the zombie PlagueAfter being kidnapped into slavery by a powerful crime family member - Erik Dal, Reuben is slowly adjusting to his new life. He is now Copper, Erik’s proud stallion, serving in any way his master might require - from pulling a cart, to pleasures in the bedroom...
    Categorized as:
    historical-fiction  lgbtq  mlm  slavery  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  bdsm
  • Roaring Shadows: Macey Book 2 by Colleen Gleason

    Roaring Shadows: Macey Book 2 by Colleen Gleason

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The saga of Macey Gardella continues in the second volume of award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Colleen Gleason's Roaring Trilogy...In the dark underworld of Jazz Age speakeasies and gangsters, Macey Gardella finds herself caught up in a dangerous alliance with Al Capone...
  • Masquerade by Joel Abernathy

    Masquerade by Joel Abernathy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An MM Phantom of the Opera RetellingWe all wear masks. He came to me like a ghost singing songs of the past… An angel, promising redemption. Now I know the truth of the man behind the mask, and Erik’s soul is more broken and twisted than I ever imagined. ~ Even an angel’s wings can be broken. The moment I heard his voice, I knew he was mine. Mine to teach. Mine to mold. Mine to possess...
    Categorized as:
    historical-fiction  lgbtq  mlm  adult  book  classics  dark  fiction
  • Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron

    Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Follow a black teen as she finds her place among a family of women gifted with magical abilities.In the Jim Crow South, white supremacy reigns and tensions are high. But Evalene Deschamps has other things to worry about. She has two little sisters to look after, an overworked single mother, and a longtime crush who is finally making a move...
  • A Hymn in the Silence by Kelley York, Joel Leslie

    A Hymn in the Silence by Kelley York, Joel Leslie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Since graduating from Whisperwood School for Boys, William has found a sense of normalcy in his life with James. He has a steady (albeit secret) relationship, a home, and a job—even if it doesn’t pay the greatest. Nevermind that he lacks James’ reckless bravery when it comes to dealing with spirits; he does his best and it hasn’t killed him thus far...
    Categorized as:
    historical-fiction  lgbtq  mlm  audiobook  book  crime  dark  fiction
  • The Traitor's Mercy by Iris Foxglove

    The Traitor's Mercy by Iris Foxglove

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the court of Staria, mercy is rarely a blessing…Sabre de Valois is the last of his line. Saved from the gallows while his family hangs for treason, Sabre is given the chance to pay off their debt and clear his family name...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  slavery  adult  audiobook  book  dark  dark-fantasy
  • The Stalker by Lauren Gilley

    The Stalker by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rain fell against the roof and the windowpanes, sealing them in together in their den of antiques and crumbling books and the nail polish bottles lined up in the dormer ledges. It was all so ordinary and human; the only monsters were them, just the way he liked it...
  • The Ancient Spirits of Sedgwick House by Catherine Coulter

    The Ancient Spirits of Sedgwick House by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Grayson Sherbrooke takes his son Pip (nearly five), Miranda (his love interest), her daughter, P.C. (a precocious eight-year-old), and Barnaby (an orphan who calls himself a barn cat) to Lake Windemere to the home of Lord Lyle for a month of fun and relaxation, little does he know what awaits him...
  • Observation by Elodie Faiderbe

    Observation by Elodie Faiderbe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Londres 1886.Orpheline, Emilia vit sous le joug de son tuteur : lord Dorian Jacobson. Séduisant comte excentrique le jour, tueur sadique et impitoyable la nuit.En parfait gentleman, Dorian régale et fascine la haute société par son charisme et sa prestance.Tous sont en admiration devant cet homme.Tous sauf elle...
  • Unknown by Jordan L. Hawk

    Unknown by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian Sebastian Rath and his lover Vesper Rune continue their search for the evil Books of the Bound. But in the meantime, the young men in Sebastian’s social circle start dying.Though the deaths look like self-administered poisonings, Sebastian soon comes to realize a killer is at work. And not just any murderer, but one wielding the dark power of the Book of Bone...
  • Crow's Fate by Kim Fielding

    Crow's Fate by Kim Fielding

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You can’t fly away from destiny.Crow Rapp assumes he’ll spend his life growing corn in rural Illinois, like the grandparents who raised him. But during a visit to a traveling carnival, he encounters a handsome stranger named Simeon Bell—and receives a prophecy of a horrifying future...
  • Providence Girls by Morgan Dante

    Providence Girls by Morgan Dante

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Love changes you. So do the Outer Gods.Now: Alone in a cottage, Lavinia writes to the woman she loved.Fifteen years ago: Middle-aged Lavinia Whateley escapes her hilly Massachusetts town when the townsfolk decide to sacrifice her on Halloween. After almost dying in the woods, she's saved and housed by the stoic and mysterious Asenath Waite, or Azzie...
  • Creature by Kim Fielding

    Creature by Kim Fielding

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  slavery  adult  book  crime  dark  fiction
  • Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn

    Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Blumwald is a town overshadowed by an ancient curse: in a sinister castle in the depths of the wild wood lives a monstrous Witch. Once a generation, she comes to claim a companion to return with her – never to be seen again. Now that time is drawing near once more...Mina, daughter of the duke, is grieving and lonely. She has lost all hope of any future for herself in Blumwald...
  • A Light Amongst Shadows by Kelley York, Rowan Altwood

    A Light Amongst Shadows by Kelley York, Rowan Altwood

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    James Spencer is hardly the typical troubled youth who ends up at Whisperwood School for Boys. Instead of hating the strict schedules and tight oversight by staff, James blossoms, quickly making friends, indulging in his love of writing, and contemplating the merits of sneaking love poems to the elusive and aloof William Esher...
  • Song of Oestend by Marie Sexton

    Song of Oestend by Marie Sexton

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    On the Oestend prairie, only the strong survive.Artist Aren Montrell has heard tales of the Oestend wraiths – mysterious creatures that come in the night and kill anyone who’s not indoors. Aren’s never believed the stories, but when he takes a job as a bookkeeper on the BarChi, a dusty cattle ranch in the furthest reaches of Oestend, he learns the wraiths are very real...
  • Heart Burn by C.J. Archer

    Heart Burn by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Time is running out for Hannah. With her life hanging by a thread and Tate trying to kidnap her, she finds help in an unusual quarter - the man who put the narcoleptic memory block on her as a child. Yet the powerful hypnotist may not be all that he seems...
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