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The Gay Goblin King: An Erotic M/M Comedic Fantasy Romance

by Zwahk Muchoney

A gay fantasy romance novella for fans of queer erotica and unconventional love stories. Neurospicy Goblin King Badinel is visiting the tavern for a mug of ale and maybe a bi-elf hookup, when a masked man claiming to be the infamous Rat King bursts through the door, offering to bring our lead to the greatest heights of ecstasy. Never one to turn down a sure thing, Badinel agrees. However, after an over-exuberant encounter involving an attack by an irate fae swarm, the Goblin King at first plans to ditch the (admittedly hot) Rat King, only to find himself embroiled in a case of pirouetting vermin-horde induced forced proximity. However, as the pair travel together, they come to realize they are both tragic misfits suffering from a broken heart. With any luck, Badinel can finally have the happy ending he never thought possible. This is the last book in Zwahk Muchoney's 'Divine Temptations' series but can be read as a standalone story. The final bonus story, 'The Devil's Honeymoon', is a conclusion to the gay love pairing from the first book in the series and is a purely optional read for reviewers. READER CAUTION ADVISED: This book is intended for an 18+ audience only. It contains explicit sexual content and is inappropriate for minors. [Read More]

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The Prince's Magician

by N.B. Saltsman

When Hell’s Master of Spells is murdered, a realm-wide competition is held to find his replacement. Eager to prove himself and live out his dream of serving his king, novice magician Ulrynk puts his name forward for consideration. Despite his youth, Ulrynk’s raw talent and unconventional spellcasting quickly make him a threat to his more experienced competitors. His ambition catches the eye of Jeffrey Logan, the king’s enigmatic ward. But while the attraction between the two of them is undeniable, Jeffrey’s status in Lucifer’s court demands their budding romance remain hidden until the competition’s end. When new evidence emerges and complicates the murder investigation, Ulrynk and Jeffrey work together to see the killer brought to justice—no matter the potential consequences or risk to Ulrynk’s victory. [Read More]

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The Alpha's Healer: Fated Mates, Forbidden Bonds

by Marina Belle

He Rejected Her Once. Now He Can’t Let Her Go. Lucia is a ghost in the Blackwood Pack. A human healer with no memory of her past, she has spent years suppressing a gift that is as self-destructive as it is miraculous. Every life she saves chips away at her own, fueled by a power she can neither understand nor control. But Lucia is tired of being a shadow. Amidst the chaos of a dying pack, she is on a desperate quest to uncover the truth of who she was before the Blackwood claimed her—and to reclaim the identity that was stolen. Alpha Kaelen is a ruthless leader driven by a brutal breeding program to save his people. He guards Lucia with a suffocating intensity, driven by a visceral hunger he can no longer ignore. But as the pack’s numbers dwindle and Lucia’s scent transforms, the whispers of her true nature grow too loud to ignore. As the lethal Beta, Ragnar, begins to circle, offering to help her “explore the limits of her potential,” Lucia must decide: will she remain a caged asset for the man who once threw her away, or will she finally seize her true identity—and decide what the pack is allowed to take from her? The Alpha's Healer is a dark, slow-burn shifter romance. Featured Tropes: Rejected Mate, Forced Proximity, Touch Her and Die, Hidden Identity. Vibe: A volatile healer reclaiming her power from the Alpha who nearly broke her. Content: 3/5 Spice 🔥 | Growl Rating: 4/5 (Not a "sweet" healer story). [Read More]

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Circus of Souls, Book One: Vitalia

by Eliza Benner

The circus welcomes you, but will you survive? The King's Circus doesn't come to villages like hers. Or, at least, it didn't until now. Naevyn just wishes she'd stayed the hell inside. When the performers lock the crowd in place and shift into dragons, ripping souls from bodies to feed an immortal king, Naevyn should be dead alongside everyone else. Instead, she's dragged into a centuries-old rebellion because her blood does something it shouldn’t—it kills. She's supposed to be human. A girl from the southern quarter who just wants to keep her family safe. But in the fae realm, nothing about her makes sense, and the prophecy everyone whispers about marks her as their salvation. Then there's Cairos—a dragon-shifter with centuries of blood on his hands and a smirk that makes her want to strangle him. Cursed to collect souls for the very king he used to serve, Cairos is powerful, lethal, and, unfortunately, the only one who can help Naevyn survive. She should hate him for the atrocities he’s committed. She should definitely fear him. So why does he feel like the one thing she can’t stop wanting? To save her family and shatter the cycle of death, Naevyn will have to trust a monster, face what she really is, and get close enough to a king to destroy him. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more she realizes that everything she thought she knew about herself was a lie. Love has a price. Prophecies have power. And this one demands blood. [Read More]

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To Drown Among The Stars

by LK Frost

In an unprecedented turn of events, Bastion emerges from his Trial of Knighthood a failure. Certain the gods have abandoned him, he travels down the coast on a leave of absence, looking for solitude. Instead, he walks into trouble in the wake of a series of pirate attacks on seaside villages, where he meets Ulla, a deaf dragon-kin healer with secrets of her own. Despite their initial, disastrous meeting, they’re drawn together by their shared compassion for others and mutual loneliness. Then, they discover the attacks aren’t random - they’re coordinated. The pirates are planning a large-scale attack on Moonwatch, the kingdom’s naval base, with the intent of stealing an ancient secret. Together, Bastion and Ulla race to Moonwatch only to learn the commander has been drawn away by the attacks. Unable to deny his duty or his very nature, Bastion takes command of their diminished forces in the face of a pirate fleet armed with a mysterious weapon. When Ulla is wounded, the world comes crashing down on Bastion and he must reveal his darkest secret to save her, even though it may mean losing her, after all. [Read More]

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A Touch of Magic & Desire

by Lee Hawke

At a secret collegiate academy where magic binds as much as it empowers, emotions run high, ambitions shift, and attraction becomes impossible to ignore. As secrets surface and tensions rise, the lines between power, loyalty, and desire begin to blur. Because here, magic doesn’t just change what you can do— It changes what you want. // This book is intended for readers who enjoy spicy fantasy! It contains very adult thematic material and is not suitable for all ages. Elements of this book may be triggering, but to avoid spoilers, specific triggers are not prefaced. Please read at your own discretion, and thank you for your support; I hope you enjoy!! [Read More]

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The Unbearable Melt: Book Three in The Laughter of the Sun series

by Andie Holman

Allies are elusive, and gods hold grudges in an icy land. The magical crew splits up to find help in their mission to defeat the rogue Fae princes, set on taking over the Earth. The mermaids and gargoyle head to the Arctic with the wolf shifter, whereas the rest of the crew fumbles with stubborn Mages. Two romances: 1. M/M. They are ex-lovers, both Mages, and are forced to work together. The tension is high and tight. 2. M/F. He's a wolf shifter returning to his estranged home in the Arctic. She comes into her powers while there, and he'll do anything to keep her safe. "Touch her and I'll bite you." There are different dimensions (Earth, Fae, and heavenly) and the story is told through multiple characters. As with all my books, the pace is fast and the magic is wild. To start at the beginning, book one is the award-winning The Mermaid's Wrath, and The Sorrow of Bees is book two. [Read More]

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The City of the Gods: Gold

by Zach Erwin

Raymond Chandler meets Stephen King in a universe like early DC Comics. As the scars of T-Day fade into memory, Empire City braces for a new nightmare brought forth by the sudden disappearance of Bonnie Connor, daughter of the enigmatic Theodora Connor. Reluctantly returning to her Scarlet Sparrow persona, Theodora seeks aid from the demon who bestowed powers upon her. As the devil inside takes control, she grows weaker and more disconnected, slowly losing her life and soul to her demonic savior. In his search for Bonnie, rookie detective Skip Gibson unexpectedly unearths a chilling truth—a sinister cult consisting of Empire City's most affluent socialites, intricately woven into Theo's dark past and possibly withholding information as to Bonnie Connor's whereabouts. Meanwhile, the same night Bonne vanishes, Doctor Nadir Singh's scientific team stumbles upon a mysterious UFO near the Connors' residence north of the city. With each revelation, Empire City transforms into a battleground where technology and the occult clash. In the midst of this chaos, Theodora, Skip, Nadir, and others must navigate a treacherous maze of betrayal and redemption, racing against the clock to uncover Bonnie's fate and protect the city's very soul. As the mysteries intertwine and enemies emerge, the fate of Empire City teeters on a knife's edge, balancing between salvation and utter destruction. [Read More]

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Of Ice and Innocence

by Karen Hunter

She fought for her freedom. He's dying without her. Fate doesn't care what either of them wants. Book 2 of The Dragon's Flame Series. This story stands on its own, set within the world of The Dragon’s Flame. While returning characters make appearances, no prior reading is required. Though readers familiar with the first book may recognise a few extra layers. Laya survived four brutal Chases to remain unclaimed — the only free female wolf in a generation. She chose scars over submission and solitude over a mate who would strip away everything she'd bled to protect. The last thing she needs is a diplomatic mission into dragon territory. Kaeldric, advisor to the Dragon King, has been fading for months — his dragon slowly dying because he refused a mate bond he couldn't accept. When he finally finds her, she's everything he dreamed of and nothing he prepared for: a wolf warrior with claws already extended, who would sooner gut him than acknowledge what they both know. One crumbling railing. One frozen river. One impossible bond neither can outrun. Stranded in the wilderness with broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder, and only each other, enemies have no choice but to survive together. But surviving is the easy part. When they return to civilisation, their bond will either become the bridge between two warring peoples — or the spark that ignites the war that destroys them both. A wolf who refuses to be claimed. A dragon who's running out of time. And a mate bond that will demand the one thing neither of them is willing to give. [Read More]

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The City of the Gods: Silver

by Zach Erwin

Raymond Chandler meets early 1960s Marvel Comics. When a god is murdered in front of Private Investigator Skip Gibson, he finds himself at the heart of a storm brewing in Empire City, especially since the victim was Skip's best lead in the disappearance of a brilliant rocket scientist tied to the U.S. space program. Now, with the other gods turning vengeful and the city on the brink, Skip is pulled into Empire's shadowy depths. A secretive cult, mass graves hidden beneath the streets, and a conspiracy decades in the making threaten to consume everything in their path. With divine wrath tearing the city apart, Skip must rely on a patchwork crew of unlikely allies to uncover the truth, stop the chaos, and stay alive long enough to connect the cosmic dots. In a world where gods bleed and mortals dare to dig too deep, solving the case might be the only way to save what's left of Empire City. [Read More]

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Starless and Bible-Black

by Tyler Kimball

This concerns you: the apostles of a divine black hole have invaded the afterlife to pull the plug on a dying universe. The stars are dead. Their orphans huddle together for warmth in the Realm of the Iron Sky, a refugee camp built on the remains of a million fallen empires and gods slain in some inglorious Ragnarök. The Shadowlands Syndicate is a detective agency investigating disturbances in the bleeding edges, dreamscapes, and legal and liminal grey-areas between the Realm's desperate, declining civilizations. One Syndicate crew uncovers a vast conspiracy between a bodysnatching alien acid casualty, a predatory horde, the resurrected agents of an apocalyptic, anthropic church, and scheming ambassadors who came in from the Cold. Starless and Bible-Black is a science-fiction epic of entropy and an introspective look at the battle between hanging on and letting go. [Read More]

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Bathwater

by Tyler Kimball

Virginia Roach is a teen mother living hand to mouth on the isolated island chain of Deep Cannaria, a tropical nation that cut itself off from the world in the midst of a magical war that wounded the sky and poisoned the sea with the fall of a dead godling. But that revolution is thirty years gone, and Virginia isn't one for politics. She wants a stable home. She wants to be a telephone line repairwoman or a witch. And she wants to get a good night's sleep. When she's called to meet her recently-paroled mother outside of the capital reformatory, her simple motorcycle trip is interrupted by misfortunes, misadventures, Bewilderness monsters, abyssal mobsters, and a freak hurricane that wails like a terrified baby. Nothing comes easy in paradise. [Read More]

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That Great Leviathan

by Tyler Kimball

When the arctic port thawed, surgeons and conspirators alike sharpened their knives. The renegade city of Northernmost withers under a century-old curse and royal tyranny, dying slowly – until the forces of progress storm its icy shores. A questing knight arrives on swift wings, seeking redemption in this crisis. A gifted anatomist dabbles in arcane arts to divine the cause of the curse. A foreign doctor and a hinterland shaman blend ancient rites with modern medicine. A band of mercenaries search for a barbaric dragon-eater sealed away in a lonely tree. And the last scion of Northernmost's nobility struggles against the legacy of a god that beached itself in her domain. It is a simple rule of alchemy – there is no time more dangerous and fateful than a moment of change. “That Great Leviathan” by Tyler Kimball is a fantastical blend of chivalric romance, political intrigue, and alchemical medical thriller, set in the neoclassical world of Thier. [Read More]

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Ese Gran Leviatán

by Tyler Kimball

Cuando el puerto ártico se descongeló, tanto cirujanos como conspiradores afilaron sus cuchillos. La ciudad renegada del Más Norte se marchita bajo el peso de una maldición centenaria y la tiranía real, muriendo lentamente... hasta que las fuerzas del progreso asaltan sus heladas costas. Un caballero errante llega en alas veloces, buscando redención en medio de la crisis. Un anatomista prodigioso incursiona en las artes arcanas para desentrañar el origen de la maldición. Un doctor extranjero y un chamán de las tierras remotas combinan ritos antiguos con la medicina moderna. Una banda de mercenarios busca a una devoradora de dragones sellado en un árbol solitario. Y la última descendiente de la nobleza del Más Norte lucha contra el legado de un dios que encalló en su dominio. Es una regla sencilla de la alquimia: no hay momento más peligroso y decisivo que un instante de cambio. «Ese Gran Leviatán» por Tyler Kimball es una mezcla fantástica de romance caballeresco, intriga política y un thriller médico alquímico, ambientado en el mundo neoclásico de Thier. [Read More]

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