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  • Stars by Tal Bauer

    Stars by Tal Bauer

    8 ratings
    I have looked to the stars my whole life… For two years, Sasha Andreyev has been in NASA astronaut training, the final step on his lifelong dream. During that time, he and Russian President Sergey Puchkov have kept their love hidden. But as graduation nears, secrets start to slip, and Sergey makes a dangerous trip to Houston for a weekend with Sasha...
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  • Bloodline by Jordan L. Hawk

    Bloodline by Jordan L. Hawk

    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...
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  • GhosTV by Jordan Castillo Price

    GhosTV by Jordan Castillo Price

    18 ratings
    For the past dozen years, Victor Bayne has solved numerous murders by interrogating witnesses only he can see—dead witnesses. But when his best friend Lisa goes missing from the sunny California campus of PsyTrain, the last thing he wants to find there is her spirit.Disappearing without a trace in a school full of psychics? That’s some trick...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Camp Hell by Jordan Castillo Price

    Camp Hell by Jordan Castillo Price

    18 ratings
    Victor Bayne honed his dubious psychic skills at one of the first psych training facilities in the country, Heliotrope Station, otherwise known as Camp Hell to the psychics who've been guests behind its razorwire fence.Vic discovered that none of the people he remembers from Camp Hell can be found online, and there’s no mention of Heliotrope Station itself, either...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Bloodlines by Andrea Speed

    Bloodlines by Andrea Speed

    12 ratings
    Sequel to PreyIn a world where a werecat virus has changed society, Roan McKichan, a born infected and ex-cop, works as a private detective trying to solve crimes involving other infecteds.The newly married Roan is struggling to balance his work with his home life as he grows increasingly distracted by his husband Paris's declining health...
  • The Grave Between Us by Tal Bauer

    The Grave Between Us by Tal Bauer

    12 ratings
    It was just one moment.It was just one mistake.For years, men have been disappearing. A father in North Carolina. A boater in California. A hiker in Arkansas. And more, scattered across the United States. The FBI knows who’s responsible: a serial killer they caught, a man they sent young profiler Cole Kennedy to interrogate...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  adult  age-gap  angst  book
  • Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk

    Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk

    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...
  • P.S. I Spook You by S.E. Harmon

    P.S. I Spook You by S.E. Harmon

    18 ratings
    SSA Rain Christiansen used to be the agency’s golden boy. It just takes one moment of weakness, one slight, tiny, itty-bitty paranormal sighting, and all of a sudden he’s the agency’s embarrassment. His boss gives him one last chance to redeem himself—go down to Brickell Bay, play nice with the local police, and leave the ghost sightings behind...
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  • Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    8 ratings
    “I don’t even know who I am anymore.” “All you need to know is that you’re mine.” Seth would follow Domenico to the depths of hell. He promised to always be at Domenico’s side. But hell becomes all too real when they infiltrate the world of Toro - a notoriously security-obsessed arms dealer, who has eyes and ears everywhere...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Mist by 微风几许

    Mist by 微风几许

    8 ratings
    yperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius...
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    lgbtq  mlm  dark  suspense  romance  sci-fi  mystery  time-travel
  • Headcase by Onley James

    Headcase by Onley James

    15 ratings
    Asa Mulvaney is half of a psychopathic whole. He and his twin brother live together, party together…kill together. In the Mulvaney family, murder is the family business and business is good. When an experiment separates Asa and his brother, Asa is forced to navigate the world on his own for the first time in his life...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Big Game by C.J. Ellisson

    Big Game by C.J. Ellisson

    10 ratings
    Vivian and Rafe venture into the Seat of Darkness, the Tribunal’s base, to uncover who’s plotting against them and why. From a cold, windy island off the southern Argentine coast, to the decadence of Buenos Aires, the group has plenty to keep their attention—seductive twins, deadly games, and a bunch of bloodsucking fiends who hate our much-loved, despotic innkeeper enough to see her dead...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  horror
  • Marked by Charisse Spiers, Clarise Tan

    Marked by Charisse Spiers, Clarise Tan

    10 ratings
    Welcome to my fucking world. My name is Kaston Cox and I’m a criminal’s worst nightmare. Most people run from darkness, but I live in it, require it, and thrive in the night. Some call me a monster, some a lover of evil, and others, the devil himself, but they’re all wrong. I’m just a shadow in the dark. I speak for the innocent when no one else will...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    12 ratings
    Federal exorcist John Starkweather’s life is in tatters. His best friend Sean betrayed him. SPECTR, the agency he viewed more as a surrogate family than an employer, wants him dead. His only allies are members of the mysterious organization called the Vigilant, whose motives remain in question...
  • The Sceptic by Lily Morton

    The Sceptic by Lily Morton

    12 ratings
    As the best friend of a psychic, Will Buchanan can’t help but believe in the dead. It’s the living that he finds to be problematic. However, after a spate of betrayals, he finally has the chance of a new life within his grasp, and he’s not going to risk it for anyone or anything. Staying safe is the name of Will’s game.Jem Dawson defines the word temporary...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  audiobook
  • Fallow by Jordan L. Hawk

    Fallow by Jordan L. Hawk

    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...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  audiobook
  • NoX by Adrienne Wilder

    NoX by Adrienne Wilder

    14 ratings
    A nude man invades Luca Suarez's home and protects him from creatures who cannot exist.Creatures hunting him.The stranger can't tell Luca why. He can't even tell Luca his name.He remembers nothing until the moment he sees Luca...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Secrets by Jordan Castillo Price

    Secrets by Jordan Castillo Price

    18 ratings
    Victor Bayne’s job as a PsyCop involves tracking down dead people and getting them to spill their guts about their final moments. It's never been fun, per se. But it's not usually this annoying. Vic has just moved in with his boyfriend Jacob, he can’t figure out where anything’s packed, and his co-worker is pressuring him to have a housewarming party...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles, KJ查爾斯

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

    19 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...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  age-gap
  • Bringer of Night by Jordan L. Hawk

    Bringer of Night by Jordan L. Hawk

    6 ratings
    The vampire spirit Gray and his human host Caleb have sworn never to drink from a human again. But when a woman from one of Caleb’s tour groups is murdered by what appears to be a vampire, Caleb is arrested as the prime suspect. Not only does she have a bite mark on her throat, but security camera footage reveals her murderer looks exactly like Caleb, down to the clothes he was wearing that night...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Opportunity: Kingdom of Ara: Episode Three by Nicholas Bella

    Opportunity: Kingdom of Ara: Episode Three by Nicholas Bella

    6 ratings
    Théoden: It seemed my gut instincts were spot on. I tried to prepare my House as best as I could considering the limitations I was facing. The River Rock Alpha was coming and things were about to get very serious, very soon. Blood was going to flow like a river and supes were going to die. I just didn't know who...
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    mlm  steamy  dark  suspense  romance  paranormal  vampires  dragons
  • Sinister Legacy: An erotic horror novel by Harleigh Beck

    Sinister Legacy: An erotic horror novel by Harleigh Beck

    6 ratings
    KeiraI was born with darkness in my veins.My name is Keira Hill. I’m the daughter of one of the country’s most notorious serial killers.I hide in plain sight. Pretending to fit in. Pretending I’m not haunted by my father’s skeletons.In two months’ time, he’s scheduled to be executed...
  • The Dust Feast by Gregory Ashe

    The Dust Feast by Gregory Ashe

    8 ratings
    Only days have passed since Vie Eliot’s murderous half-brother—a dangerous, out-of-control psychic—was stopped from killing the people Vie loves most, but Vie is ready for his life to return to normal. He has plans. Big plans. Make the cross country team, pick up his grades, and spend a lot of time with his boyfriend...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  abuse  book  contemporary  crime
  • Breaker of Chains by Jordan L. Hawk

    Breaker of Chains by Jordan L. Hawk

    8 ratings
    Caught between the worlds of human and drakul, Caleb and Gray must make a fateful choice.Big changes are afoot at SPECTR. John Starkweather, once a hotshot field agent, is now benched. Instead of chasing down demons during Charleston’s biggest outbreak, he’s stuck interviewing exorcists about a previous case...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  audiobook
  • Maleficium by Natalie Bennett

    Maleficium by Natalie Bennett

    8 ratings
    Tragic and Twisted Fall Apart…Ave Satanas worship or perish.The reckoning has begun.In the Devil’s Playground morals have vanished, demons run rampant, and the death toll is rising.The price of freedom looms closer than before, simply crown the king, claim a queen, and make idle work of the damned.One will perish.Bounties will be placed...
  • PsyCop Briefs: Volume 1 by Jordan Castillo Price

    PsyCop Briefs: Volume 1 by Jordan Castillo Price

    10 ratings
    Victor Bayne sees dead people for a living…and he sees them off the clock, too.  After all, ghosts don’t confine their appearances to a psychic medium’s work hours. From the macabre to the mundane, from titillating to tender, these PsyCop shorts feature stolen moments between the novels. Get a glimpse of Vic’s life with Jacob between cases, from both men’s viewpoints...
  • Cold Calculation by Cole McCade

    Cold Calculation by Cole McCade

    10 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE How do you profile a serial killer who keeps changing his pattern? A body encased in ice and a cryptic message make Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi question everything they thought they'd learned about the Golden Ratio Killer. If their suspect can change his methods and alter his patterns, he could easily disappear... ..
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  adult  age-gap  angst  bisexuality
  • Six by Paulina Ian-Kane

    Six by Paulina Ian-Kane

    10 ratings
    Oliver “Ollie” TrumanMy purpose in life has always been one: protect my little brother. And the only way to do that is doing what my dirtbag of a father says—easier said than done—save enough money to grab our bag packs and leave those miserable days behind us...
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    mlm  dark  lgbtq  steamy  romance  contemporary  abuse  crime
  • Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    12 ratings
    It’s a secret international organization operating in cities on every continent. It polices relations between the earthly realm and those beyond this world, enforcing immigration laws, the transfers of magical artifacts, and crimes against humanity.The agents who work for the NATO Irregular Affairs Division can’t tell anyone what they do, or how hard they work to keep us safe...
  • Stranded by Cara Dee

    Stranded by Cara Dee

    14 ratings
    Stranded is the second book in The Auctioned Series. Before you read further, you should read Auctioned. ​ “You have my word, Gray. I will get you off this island, and I will bring you home.” ​ It was supposed to be an easy in-and-out job. Nothing Darius Quinn hadn’t done before. But this job had something none of the others did: Gray Nolan...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by K.J. Charles

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

    17 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...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Body and Soul by Jordan Castillo Price

    Body and Soul by Jordan Castillo Price

    18 ratings
    Thanksgiving can't end too soon for Victor Bayne, who's finding Jacob's family hard to swallow. Luckily, he's called back to work to track down a high-profile missing person.Meanwhile, Jacob tries to find a home they can move into that's not infested--with either cockroaches, or ghosts...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Blood Legacy by C.J. Ellisson

    Blood Legacy by C.J. Ellisson

    6 ratings
    Despite surviving silver poisoning, Vivian isn't out of the fire yet. Rolando is still alive, as is his desire to eliminate all manipulator vampires like her. The streets of Buenos Aires prove to be a tricky hunting ground for Vivian and her husband Rafe, especially when a paranormal serial killer starts leaving bodies behind...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  horror
  • Anubis by Adrienne Wilder

    Anubis by Adrienne Wilder

    6 ratings
    It was supposed to be over: The Utah Facility discovered, New World Genetics dismantled, and those hunting Luca—dead.Then strangers who call themselves Varu come for Luca for help. They claim he’s a Cana and tell him he’s the only one who can bring back their wolves.Nox doesn’t want to trust them, then he learns people called Mah are responsible for the atrocities committed in the Utah Facility...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Bury Their Bones by A.J. Merlin

    Bury Their Bones by A.J. Merlin

    6 ratings
    My magic never warned me about the Loa, and these voodoo deities must be desperate if they’re looking for help from a witch like me. A bit of downtime after the incident with the witches is a good time to work on my magic and my relationships. Or so I thought...
  • With a Vengeance by Freydís Moon

    With a Vengeance by Freydís Moon

    6 ratings
    Kye Lovato left their hometown in search of a better future, but when their estranged mother passes away, they return to their parish to settle her affairs. Even though Kye escaped their traumatic past, being back in swampy Madison, Louisiana only worsens their debilitating depression, increases their dissociative episodes, and intensifies the intrusive voice plaguing their every thought...
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    lgbtq  dark  mlm  steamy  horror  paranormal  trans-mc  supernatural
  • BONES by Yolanda Olson

    BONES by Yolanda Olson

    6 ratings
    Content advisory: The following book contains vivid depictions of gore, graphic sexual violence, endless mind games, will induce strangely beautiful feelings of paranoia, and lots of bad things. Really bad things. It's not recommended eating before, during, or after reading this story. Prepare for a one way trip to Hell. I'm haunted. Not by ghosts, but by a face I can't quite remember...
  • The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    8 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...
  • Subtle Bodies by Jordan Castillo Price

    Subtle Bodies by Jordan Castillo Price

    8 ratings
    “It’s probably nothing….”Usually, when Victor Bayne is called upon to investigate a ghostly apparition, the “haunting” can be chalked up to a perfectly mundane cause. When he’s sent to check out some suspicious phenomena in small-town Iowa—and no one seems unduly alarmed—he’s hoping for more of a weekend getaway. Especially since he’s bringing along Jacob as his Stiff...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are by Harleigh Beck

    Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are by Harleigh Beck

    8 ratings
    One year ago, on a rainy night, I made a horrible mistake.A mistake that would haunt my every waking moment.I accidentally killed Nate, the star quarterback.Or so I thought.Now he’s back from the dead.Nothing will quench his thirst for revenge.Not until my broken pieces lie scattered by his feet and he’s inhaled my last breath.The only way out is in a body bag...
  • Beg For Mercy by Lucian Bane

    Beg For Mercy by Lucian Bane

    10 ratings
    The fight is on in this installment, Mercy is holding nothing back in her endeavor to prove to Sade he can experience love and pleasure. Sade,however has other plans and his darkness is front and center in them. Meanwhile, Father Abraham is still on the loose with a score to settle with them all and no one is safe from his wrath...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  anti-hero  bdsm
  • Gray's Shadow by K.A. Merikan

    Gray's Shadow by K.A. Merikan

    10 ratings
    --- There can be no shadow without the man to cast it. --- Gray. Lost his twin. Will never be complete. Works alone. Shadow. Monster? Human? Exists to be Gray’s one true companion. After losing his twin brother, Gray has devoted his life to the Kings of Hell MC. He will do anything to protect his family and that means anything. Even sell his own shadow to the devil...
  • Slash or Pass by Tylor Paige

    Slash or Pass by Tylor Paige

    10 ratings
    When you get told to run, you get up and don’t look back.We had one shot to get out of the Sinister Minister’s grasp, and we took it. Hand in hand, Kansas and I fled in the middle of the night, with a promise that we’d never tell a soul about what happened at that house, and how Constantine died...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  lgbtq  romance  horror  religion  mystery
  • Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford

    Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford

    12 ratings
    Sequel to Fish and GhostsHellsinger: Book Two Paranormal investigator Wolf Kincaid knows what his foot tastes like.Mostly because he stuck it firmly in his mouth when his lover, Tristan Pryce, accidentally drugged him with a batch of psychotropic baklava...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Fight the Tide by Keira Andrews

    Fight the Tide by Keira Andrews

    12 ratings
    Adrift in a post-apocalyptic world, they only have each other. Is it enough? A virus that turns the infected into zombie-like killers spreads through a burning world thrown into lawless chaos. Lovers Parker and Adam have escaped to the open sea when they hear a message over the airwaves from a place called Salvation Island—a supposed safe haven...
  • Cruel Black Hearts by Candace Wondrak

    Cruel Black Hearts by Candace Wondrak

    12 ratings
    A Dark Reverse Harem Romance. My name is Stella, and I am empty. I am broken. I am nothing. The only thing I enjoy about my life is my job at the Tribune. My focus in both my editorial and my personal writing involves serial killers. Even my best friend doesn’t understand my obsession with them. No one does. Until I meet them...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  anti-hero  book  contemporary
  • Whiskey and Wry by Rhys Ford

    Whiskey and Wry by Rhys Ford

    16 ratings
    Sequel to Sinner's GinSinners Series: Book Two He was dead. And it was murder most foul. If erasing a man’s existence could even be called murder.When Damien Mitchell wakes, he finds himself without a life or a name...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Threshold by Jordan L. Hawk

    Threshold by Jordan L. Hawk

    18 ratings
    Introverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne wants nothing more than a quiet life with his lover, private detective Griffin Flaherty. Unfortunately, Whyborne’s railroad tycoon father has other ideas: namely hiring Griffin to investigate mysterious events at a coal mine...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  aliens
  • Silent Ground Part 1 by Quil Carter

    Silent Ground Part 1 by Quil Carter

    6 ratings
    Sasha’s crazy. He knows he’s crazy, his uncle and best friend both know he’s crazy, and for a long time, they’d accepted it and loved him anyway. But now, now things are changing...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  abuse  adult  book  death
  • Sexy Beast VI by Kate Douglas, Anya Howard

    Sexy Beast VI by Kate Douglas, Anya Howard

    6 ratings
    Wild and untamed, these men like the hunt—but it's the capture they love even more. For that is when they can indulge in their most primal sexual instincts... "Chanku Honor" by Kate DouglasBy invitation of Mik, Tala and AJ, a new group of six young people are discovering their Chanku heritage...
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