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  • Mason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Mason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Falling for each other was never part of the plan…Doctor Sage Porter has moved to Marble Falls to be the private physician for a group of men unlike any the world has ever known. But she has a second, secret reason for moving to the small town. A reason she can’t share with another living soul…Especially not the men under her care.Mason Ross is a born guardian...
  • Mind Games by Nora Roberts

    Mind Games by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy and trauma, love and family, and the evil that awaits.As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother’s...
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  • Bodie by Nyssa Kathryn

    Bodie by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    An enemy so fierce, disappearing is her only choice.Maya Harper shouldn’t be alive. All of her co-workers are dead, yet somehow, she survived. But now she knows something. Something important. Something that someone will kill to keep secret.Running is her only choice. Her only protection. But no one can run forever, especially when the enemy’s reach is long...
  • Pretty Dead by Anne Frasier

    Pretty Dead by Anne Frasier

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    A serial killer stalks the streets of Savannah...Homicide detective Elise Sandburg and her partner, profiler David Gould, are all too familiar with the terrible costs of chasing evil. Despite their wounded psyches, the detectives delve into the deranged killer’s twisted mind, determined to unravel the clues in the taunts he leaves behind.A city gripped by fear..
  • The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

    The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 89 ratings
    Georgetown, Washington D.C. Actress and divorced mother Chris MacNeil starts to experience 'difficulties' with her usually sweet-natured eleven-year-old daughter Regan. The child becomes afflicted by spasms, convulsions and unsettling amnesiac episodes; these abruptly worsen into violent fits of appalling foul-mouthed curses, accompanied by physical mutation...
  • Papa Noel by Nikki Landis

    Papa Noel by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They call me Papa.A tough and rugged old biker that's never been tamed by any woman.I live by the code of my club and stand by it.No matter what.Hell, I'd die for my brothers and the MC we fought so hard to build.In fact, I nearly did.Loss has tarnished my soul and left me a bitter man.I’ll never be anything else...
  • Battlemaster's Skirmish by Nathan Pierce

    Battlemaster's Skirmish by Nathan Pierce

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Embarking on a New AdventureHaving learned some of the rules of his new existence, Andric decides to take his summoned gear and hit the ‘random location’ button. Enamored with the world of Tournion, he can’t wait to find out what is over the horizon...
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    harems  demons  fantasy  war  magic  dark  poly  paranormal
  • Herald of Shalia 3 by Tamryn Tamer

    Herald of Shalia 3 by Tamryn Tamer

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sebastian Frost’s territory had grown massively as did his reputation. He was the Herald of Shalia that married a demoness, invited hundreds of Arachne to live in his territory, and married a princess of Zira all in the same week. All while securing peace and trade agreements with the two largest countries on the continent. Herald Frost wasn’t merely a deviant herald that laid with demihumans...
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    harems  demons  fantasy  magic  dark  poly  paranormal  length-long
  • Shadow Men by Adira August

    Shadow Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A 72k word novel, the seventh in the Hunt&Cam4Ever BDSM-MYSTERY series. This is the book the author calls "The hardest book I ever wrote."AN ASTONISHING TWIST IN THE EPIC LOVE STORY~ A HIGH SEAS DEATH ON A BILLIONAIRE'S YACHT"No matter how hard you fight the darknessevery light casts a shadow;The closer you get to the lightthe darker that shadow becomes...
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    suspense  mystery  bisexual  bdsm  m-m  dark  contemporary  angst
  • Reckless Mayhem by Nikki Landis

    Reckless Mayhem by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Never make a deal with the Devil.Manic:They call me a monster. A master of disguise. The phantom who travels within shadows.It's been said that I can steal a man's breath from across the room or slice his throat without lifting a finger.The rumors are true.I have a gift for dealing death, a hunger for bloodshed that blocks rational thought.And when something of mine is threatened . .
  • House of Secrets by Darcy Coates

    House of Secrets by Darcy Coates

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sophie and Joseph’s escape from Northwood is short-lived. The beast survived, and attached itself to Joseph’s young cousin, Elise. Garrett writes to beg for their help. Joseph and Sophie travel to meet him at Kensington, a long-abandoned mansion that overlooks a dead town. The house offers a small hope: its original owner had dedicated her life to researching the monster that possesses Elise...
  • Heretic Spellblade 8 by K.D. Robertson

    Heretic Spellblade 8 by K.D. Robertson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The end of Nathan's struggle arrives as the immortal masterminds threatening his world show a personal interest. Demonic invasions ripple across the land, and Nathan questions if any moral line in the sand is worth the death of his loved ones. His years of preparation to save Doumahr may vanish overnight as he faces an onslaught intended to end everything...
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    harems  demons  fantasy  magic  dark  horror  poly  paranormal
  • Rise of Kronos by Kate Fry, Elise Fry

    Rise of Kronos by Kate Fry, Elise Fry

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The darkest deeds often happen in plain sight; the harshest truths sound like lies.Kailai Reed has drowned beneath the weight of other people’s emotions her entire life. She protects herself by hiding away from everyone, except for her close friend, associate (and forbidden crush) Hideo Tanaka...
  • Blood of Ancients by Sara C. Roethle

    Blood of Ancients by Sara C. Roethle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Eiric won the battle, but Lyssandra plans on winning the war. With her bond broken, her magic builds, threatening to consume her—a price she is willing to pay if it means she can bring Eiric down with her.Only, not everything is as it seems. She had thought the Ivangard witches villains, not victims...
  • Alpha Warlock Academy by Noah Layton

    Alpha Warlock Academy by Noah Layton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was just a normal guy making his way in the big city until I found myself transported to another world to train at the Alpha Warlock Academy. Not only do they want me among their ranks – they want me to train among the most powerful of warlocks at the Academy.I’ve got a lot on my plate; cramming spells, training for combat and trying not to get myself killed during my initial challenges...
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    harems  demons  fantasy  magic  dark  horror  poly  paranormal
  • Manic Mayhem: An RBMC Crossover (Royal Bastards MC: Tonopah, NV) by Nikki Landis

    Manic Mayhem: An RBMC Crossover (Royal Bastards MC: Tonopah, NV) by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Forbidden love. Betrayal. Vengeance.And a devil who'll do anything to possess his angel.Manic:When a vicious threat is made against mob boss Alaric Huber's granddaughter, my club is assigned the task of keeping Bianca alive. Specifically, me. There's just one tiny problem with that—actually, two...
  • Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The tranquility of Prophet is shattered when a local trail rider is killed and whispers of wolf packs and murder spread like wildfire.Three months after the murder of Mike Bressett, the sleepy town of Prophet faces another tragedy—the death of Billy Odette, a well-liked Makah man who ran trail rides for the tourists...
  • Herald of Shalia 5 by Tamryn Tamer

    Herald of Shalia 5 by Tamryn Tamer

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Sebastian Frost frequently found himself marrying women he barely knew.His first wife demanded that he marry her as payment for saving his life, his second tricked him into marrying her, the third he married to secure an alliance, and his fourth was Lysandra. Lysandra was the only woman that Frost chose to marry and she was also the future mother of his child...
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    harems  demons  bisexual  fantasy  magic  vengeance  dark  poly
  • Pompous by Elle Lincoln

    Pompous by Elle Lincoln

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm chaotic power and charmed trouble,Like a hell-broth that boils and bubbles...No one and I mean no one is prepared for the wrath I am about to inflict...(Preorder will get moved up!)Pompous is Book 3 in a 5 Book series full of magic, chaos and one witch who refuses to choose between all the demons vying for her attention (contains MMFMM). This book ends on a cliffhanger...
  • Morningwood by Neven Iliev, Jeff Hays

    Morningwood by Neven Iliev, Jeff Hays

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Large chests are said to encompass all manner of hopes and dreams. Men covet them. Women envy them. But one fact holds true - everyone wants to get their hands on some big ones.The same holds true for one intrepid adventurer - a strapping young lad by the name of Himmel...
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    harems  demons  fantasy  magic  humor  horror  dark  paranormal
  • FALLEN HEIRS: A Dark Paranormal Academy Reverse Harem Romance by Leia King

    FALLEN HEIRS: A Dark Paranormal Academy Reverse Harem Romance by Leia King

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He took her from us.The madman tried to ruin her.She’s damaged now.Fortunately, the three of us know a thing or two about that.This war has tried to tear us apart.In the end, it’s only made us stronger.When we strike, they’ll feel that power.No more being cast aside.The heirs will rise.Even if it costs us everything.Even if we fall.We’ll take the monster down with us...
  • The Boys on the Mountain by John Inman

    The Boys on the Mountain by John Inman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Jim Brandon has a new house, and boy, is it a pip. Built high on the side of the San Diego mountains by a legendary B-movie actor of the 1930s, Nigel Letters, the house is not only gorgeous, but supposedly haunted. As a writer of horror novels, Jim couldn't be happier...
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    mystery  suspense  m-m  paranormal  dark  abuse  fantasy  queer
  • Pretentious by Elle Lincoln

    Pretentious by Elle Lincoln

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Double, double toil, I’m in so much trouble.Fire burn, and cauldron crumble...Pepper O’Malley, headmistress… No, no that’s not it.Keymaster, yes I am the keymaster… No that isn’t quite it either. I think I’m getting close.Peace keeper! That’s the one.New Peacekeeper of the Philadelphia region, and I’ve already fallen prey to one slimy criminal that remains elusive...
  • Bone Rites by Natalie Bayley

    Bone Rites by Natalie Bayley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I collected the first bone when I was twelve. This fact was not mentioned in court... Such a tiny little bone, more like a tooth. I only kept it to keep him safe." Kathryn Darkling, imprisoned in Holloway, is facing death by hanging for her vengeance killing...
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    mystery  suspense  bisexual  horror  queer  historical  magic  dark
  • Barbarian Assassin by Aaron Crash

    Barbarian Assassin by Aaron Crash

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    There’s something new, dark, and sweet at Old IronboundYmir made a vow to master magic and to take care of his women. To do that, he'll stay at the Majestrial Collegium Universitas, but he'll stay on his own terms. He has a new business idea that will make life at the college sweeter and keep all the scholars randy...
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    harems  demons  bisexual  fantasy  magic  fae  paranormal  dark
  • The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

    The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Willows by Algernon Blackwood The Willows is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. Horror author H.P...
  • The Gathering: The Ivy Blackwood Chronicles by L.A. Fiore

    The Gathering: The Ivy Blackwood Chronicles by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Words like unnatural and impure started the whispers. From the very beginning, Ivy Blackwood was different. She was only a child when she was accused of setting the fire, one she passively watched engulf the small house she had called home. Her fingertips burned and her hair singed. Some who watched her crossed themselves, convinced she was soulless for she showed no emotion at all...
  • The New Black by Laird Barron, Brian Evenson

    The New Black by Laird Barron, Brian Evenson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The New Black is a collection of twenty neo-noir stories exemplifying the best authors currently writing in this dark sub-genre. A mixture of horror, crime, fantasy, science fiction, magical realism, and the grotesque—all with a literary bent—these stories represent the future of genre-bending fiction from some of our brightest and most original voices...
  • Playing with Fire by A.J. Moran

    Playing with Fire by A.J. Moran

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Normally, when I get an order from the council of demon hunters, my mission is usually simple. Catch the demon. Kill the demon. Nothing to it. Imagine my surprise when I get a new order. One to capture and retrieve, for this is no normal bounty. This is one that could end up destroying the world as I know it...
  • Bloodthirsty by Cassandra Featherstone

    Bloodthirsty by Cassandra Featherstone

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    “Forgive me.”Those were Professor Arnaud’s final words before I sliced through his neck. His was the first head I took, but it wouldn’t be the last.Severing my connections to l’Academie d’Invisible was harder, but eventually, I escaped and built a reputation of my own.Infamy suits me, and the harsh lessons of my childhood have served me well. I’m untouchable, undetectable, and untraceable...
  • Temptation in Shadows by Gena Showalter

    Temptation in Shadows by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tall, lean, muscular—and definitely rough around the edges—Sean Walker is not your typical nightclub bodyguard. He’s a controller of shadows, able to wield darkness at will...
  • Darkly, Madly Duet by Trisha Wolfe

    Darkly, Madly Duet by Trisha Wolfe

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    From USA Today best-selling author Trisha Wolfe comes her most dark and dangerous psychological thriller yet that readers say "deliciously twisted"Born, DarklyHe challenged her sanity.She shattered his reality.They dared each other...to the brink of madness...
  • Dragon Emperor by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor by Eric Vall

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Evan was just an average guy working as an EMT, but when he puts on an ancient dragon mask, he’s teleported to the magical world of Inati as a powerful black dragon. Now, he’ll have to save a beautiful priestess, rebuild a broken city, and fight a horde of zombie-like monsters led by an ancient demonic evil...
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    harems  demons  fantasy  magic  shapeshifters  dark  poly  paranormal
  • Revelation by Carol Berg

    Revelation by Carol Berg

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Two years after his battle with the Lord of Demons, Seyonne is tired, troubled, angry, and frustrated. As Ezzaria's only remaining Warden, he carries the entire burden of the worsening demon war on his shoulders. But a demon encounter unlike any in Ezzarian memory leads Seyonne to question everything he has ever believed...
  • The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb

    The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In the tourist town of Wharton, on the coast of Lake Superior, Tess Bell is renovating her old family home into a bed-and-breakfast during the icy dead of winter…As the house’s restoration commences, a shuttered art studio is revealed. Inside are paintings Tess’s late grandfather, beloved and celebrated artist Sebastian Bell, hid away for generations...
  • The Last Dream by Alana Kay

    The Last Dream by Alana Kay

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Play along. Escape the cage. Stay alive.My name is Sheena May, and everything has changed. All my secrets are out, and now I’m a hostage again. Trapped in a concrete box surrounded by the very magical objects my life depends upon, I have to find a way to outsmart the witches who betrayed us and get back to the men I love...
    Categorized as:
    demons  bisexual  m-m-f  fantasy  magic  fated-mates  fae  paranormal
  • Fallen Prey by Jen Stevens

    Fallen Prey by Jen Stevens

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    I've stared into the face of Death, falling victim to her deceptively sweet lullaby. Until she released me from her icy grip without any warning, sending me stumbling back out the other side to continue on as if nothing happened.When I come to in the hospital as their mysterious John Doe, I discover that the past year of my life never happened at all.But I remember all of it...
  • Deceitful by Cora Reilly

    Deceitful by Cora Reilly

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a serial killer rocks a small town in Oregon, a young woman with special powers might be the only person able to stop him. As part of a secret branch of the FBI, Tessa is sent on a mission to impersonate Madison, a local teen and the last victim of the brutal attacker, to find the killer before he strikes again...
  • The Iron Princess by Barbara Hambly

    The Iron Princess by Barbara Hambly

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A young woman rises from the streets to battle a sinister evil in this magical fantasy adventure by the bestselling author of the Darwath series.Something is amiss with the world's magic. Spells don't work the way they used to--when they work at all...
  • The Daemon Prism by Carol Berg

    The Daemon Prism by Carol Berg

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A blind mage teams up with an unlikely ally to save a friend and the world in this quasi-Renaissance epic fantasy adventure by the author of The Soul Mirror.   Indicted for crimes against the living and the dead, Dante the necromancer has become the most hated man in Sabria. Becoming blind by his enemy’s cruel vengeance only exacerbates his situation...
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    mystery  demons  fantasy  magic  high fantasy  paranormal  dark  horror
  • Wounded Mate by Lee Colgin

    Wounded Mate by Lee Colgin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    I’ve never seen a being so captivating. What a unique creature he is. His tongue darts out and wets his lips, and when his voice comes, it zings an arrow straight to my heart. “Mate.”What does it mean when an incubus can feel the pain of a feral werewolf? Valius doubles over, grabbing his side as sharp claws slash through his flesh...
    Categorized as:
    demons  suspense  mystery  fantasy  paranormal  magic  queer  vampires
  • Fyneshade by Kate Griffin

    Fyneshade by Kate Griffin

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and silent servants. But not I. For they have far more to fear from me...On the day of her grandmother's funeral, Marta discovers that she is to be sent to be governess at Fyneshade, her charge the young daughter of the owner, Sir William Pritchard.All is not well at Fyneshade...
  • Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton

    Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    She's been watching us for a while now... Now you see her Gillian is haunted by the disappearance of her little girl two years ago. A devastating fire burned down their home, but she remains convinced her daughter survived. Now you don't Ten year old Tom lived by a neglected church...
  • The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder

    The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is the last book in this trilogy. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out...
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    suspense  mystery  m-m  angst  dark  paranormal  fantasy  queer
  • Rejected in the Hollow by Cassandra Featherstone

    Rejected in the Hollow by Cassandra Featherstone

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I wake up alone, afraid, and furious.My return to Whistler’s Hollow hasn’t given me the answers I seek; every question leads to a new mystery to solve...
  • Mind of the Phoenix by Jamie McLachlan

    Mind of the Phoenix by Jamie McLachlan

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Moira is a powerful empath, a psychic graced with the ability to read emotions and memories. Her skill is as much a curse as a gift, for in the harshly stratified city of Braxton empaths are slaves. Clever and beautiful, Moira has learned to rely on no one but herself. Determined to escape life as a concubine, she kills her master, and is imprisoned for the crime...
  • The Way You Break by K.J. Jackson

    The Way You Break by K.J. Jackson

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There are some that want to exploit my powers. There are some that want me dead. Then there is one that just wants me.A shadow world exists. One where gods that aren’t quite gods walk amongst us. One I didn’t know about when I woke up by a cold mountain river…soaked…freezing. With pain cracking my skull in two and no memory of who I was or what I was doing there...
  • Dangerous Dreams by Abbie Roads

    Dangerous Dreams by Abbie Roads

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    XanderLove makes you weak and vulnerable. He vowed long ago to never feel that way again. But when he rescues a woman who’s been held hostage, she challenges all his beliefs. The attraction is staggering. The urge to keep her near him, to keep her safe, is overwhelming. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t resist her...
  • To Be a Heartthrob in a Horror Movie 在恐怖片里当万人迷[快穿] by Jiang Zhi Yu

    To Be a Heartthrob in a Horror Movie 在恐怖片里当万人迷[快穿] by Jiang Zhi Yu

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Holographic viewing technology allowed audience members to enter a movie and personally experience it for themselves. Naturally, romance movies were the most popular and well-received, while nobody was interested in horror movies.Su Min was the first of the viewers to experience a horror movie...
  • F*ck Steal Kill by Kris Butler

    F*ck Steal Kill by Kris Butler

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It’s only a game… until someone gets hurt.In a town known for the macabre and bizarre, it didn’t provide many options for women, especially of a certain age. You could marry young—which, if we were honest, no longer included us. You could marry rich—the only eligible bachelors smelled of feet and no longer had their teeth. Pass. Or… Oh, were you waiting for a third? Yeah, nope...
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