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I really liked the Convergent World series by Mark Del Franco. First book is Unshapely Things. I hear great things about Seanan McGuire and Justin Gustainis, too, but haven't gotten around to reading those.
Steve Bein's "Fated Blades" series has been interesting me, but is not yet in my TBR pile.
Some say Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid Chronicles are on par with Dresden. I think they read more like ... I don't know, comic books or superheroes....I just didn't take to the series. But a lot of folks like it.
A friend of my absolutely loves Rob Thurman's "Cal & Niko" series (aka Cal Leandros), but I found it a bit dark for my tastes.
I personally loved Devon Monk's Allison Beckstrom series. It has a female main character and she's in a relationship, but the main focus of the books is the misuse of magic....I don't think it's "too female oriented". YMMV.
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