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  • Merry Me: Book 15 in The Jerry McNeal series (Jerry McNeal) by Sherry A. Burton

    Merry Me: Book 15 in The Jerry McNeal series (Jerry McNeal) by Sherry A. Burton

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Feeling guilty at not having made his engagement to April official over the Christmas holidays, Jerry seeks to join her and Max for their annual after-Christmas getaway to Frankenmuth, Michigan...
  • Jon's Helter Skelter Cold Case by A.J. Sherwood, Katie Griffin

    Jon's Helter Skelter Cold Case by A.J. Sherwood, Katie Griffin

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jonathan Bane and Donovan Havili cordially invite you to their wedding.They just have to prove a man’s innocence and get him out of prison first.Not to mention prove Solomon completely inept (not hard), and fired from being a detective.Oh, and train Jon’s new apprentice.They can probably get married this year. Probably...
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  • Southern Ghost Hunter Series by Angie Fox

    Southern Ghost Hunter Series by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Southern SpiritsWhen out of work graphic designer Verity Long accidentally traps a ghost on her property, she’s saddled with more than a supernatural sidekick—she gains the ability see spirits. It leads to an offer she can’t refuse from the town’s bad boy, the brother of her ex and the last man she should ever partner with...
  • A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

    A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 13 ratings
    The brilliant detective Ana Dolabra may have finally met her match in the gripping sequel to The Tainted Cup--from the bestselling author of The Founders Trilogy.In the canton of Yarrowdale, at the very edge of the Empire’s reach, an impossible crime has occurred...
  • The Ghost and the Poltergeist by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost and the Poltergeist by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Ghost and the PoltergeistBook 34 in the paranormal cozy mystery seriesHaunting DanielleLiving in a haunted house is nothing new to Danielle. In fact, she’s rather fond of the ghosts who visit Marlow House.But after she brings home the twins, unexplained paranormal activities in the nursery perplex not just her, but the ghosts who frequently visit Marlow House...
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    horror  mystery  paranormal  fantasy  length-medium
  • Cops and Clobbers in Deadwood by Ann Charles, Charles Kunkle

    Cops and Clobbers in Deadwood by Ann Charles, Charles Kunkle

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Violet Parker has big troubles these days—the ticking kind. To duck the Grim Reaper, she needs to get her hands on eighty-plus rare, mystical clocks locked up tight by a thick-headed detective.The solution? Hijack the truckload of ticking time bombs out from under Johnny Law’s nose.But no caper ever goes according to plan...
  • Gillette Park by Gerri Hill, Nicol Zanzarella

    Gillette Park by Gerri Hill, Nicol Zanzarella

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Gillette Park, a sleepy town nestled in the Rocky Mountains, harbors a secret.Twenty-three years ago, a young girl went missing. Three days later her body was found lodged beneath the footbridge over Gillette Creek. The murder shook the town but they soon found it was only the beginning. A serial killer hides among them—a serial killer who strikes twice, sometimes three times a year...
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    mystery  queer  paranormal  f-f  fantasy  contemporary  suspense
  • Bayou Secrets by Apryl Baker

    Bayou Secrets by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Deep in the bayou is a place so dark even nightmares tremble in fear. It has been whispered about for a century, and even the hunters of New Orleans don’t trek into the shadows of Madame’s island, a Necromancer more feared than any other. But all that is about to change. A hunter has gone missing...
  • The Kraken King and the Inevitable Abduction by Meljean Brook

    The Kraken King and the Inevitable Abduction by Meljean Brook

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Kraken King has declared that Zenobia Fox is under his protection—and with her identity revealed, she needs that protection more than ever. But it comes with a price when Ariq demands that Zenobia reveal her secrets in return. Ariq wants nothing more than for Zenobia to trust him, and he knows exactly which sensual tricks will breach her defenses...
  • Howls and Hallows by Melanie Karsak

    Howls and Hallows by Melanie Karsak

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You're invited to the All Hallows Ball.*Werewolves prohibited.Busy tracking down thieving werewolves in London, Clemeny is surprised when Edwin asks her to lead a new case in the Fenlands of east England.The Cabell family is haunted by a curse. Something in the misty moors surrounding Cabell Manor has come howling just days before the exclusive All Hallows Ball. How gauche...
  • The Prince's Poisoned Vow by Hailey Turner

    The Prince's Poisoned Vow by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Every country is built on revolution.THE WARDEN. Soren is a nameless, stateless man, tasked with keeping watch over Maricol’s borders. He isn’t meant for politics, only dealing with the dead. His past was buried in the poison fields, but after a fateful encounter with a prince, Soren comes to realize he can’t keep what magic burns inside him hidden forever.THE PRINCE...
  • Dead Line by Pandora Pine

    Dead Line by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Police Chief Cisco Jackson is rushed to the hospital after suffering a heart attack, he has one request for Detective Ronan O’ find a young mother who vanished without a trace. Ronan is itching to jump feet first into the search, but after recently being shot in the line of duty, promised his husband he’d turned his badge in for good...
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    mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  suspense  fantasy  length-short
  • Death Takes a Holiday by Addison Moore, Bellamy Bloom

    Death Takes a Holiday by Addison Moore, Bellamy Bloom

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An innkeeper who reads minds. An ornery detective. And a trail of bodies. Cider Cove is the premier destination for murder.***Includes RECIPEMy name is Bizzy Baker, and I can read minds—not every mind, not every time but most of the time and believe me when I say it’s not all it’s cracked up to be...
  • Dead Ringer by Pandora Pine

    Dead Ringer by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Cold Case Detective and newlywed, Ronan O’Mara, is sitting on top of the world. When he returns to work after his honeymoon, he finds more waiting for him than a stack of dusty cold case files. Hidden in the mail on Ronan’s desk is a letter from Tank Hutchins, aka The Riverside Ripper...
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    mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  suspense  length-short
  • A Grave Mistake by Leighann Dobbs

    A Grave Mistake by Leighann Dobbs

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When a mutilated body shows up in their seaside town of Noquitt Maine, the Blackmoore sisters realize that an ancient relic they'd been trying to locate has been hidden right in their own hometown the whole time.... Too bad they aren't the only ones that know it's there...
  • Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton

    Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Psychic Cree Blue is working on a cold case where the motives and suspects multiply like the spices in her cooking. When Davina Richards went missing the day before her wedding, people assumed she was a runaway bride. Only Cree knows differently. This bride skipped being a missing person and landed smack-dab in the dead zone...
  • The Kraken King and the Iron Heart by Meljean Brook

    The Kraken King and the Iron Heart by Meljean Brook

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Experience the incredible adventure and heart-stopping romance of the Iron Seas in this thrilling steampunk tale from New York Times bestselling author Meljean Brook. The Kraken King, Part VThe Kraken King and the Iron Heart With their lives and the fate of an empire at stake, Ariq is forced to leave Zenobia behind...
  • The Kraken King and the Crumbling Walls by Meljean Brook

    The Kraken King and the Crumbling Walls by Meljean Brook

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Experience the incredible adventure and heart-stopping romance of the Iron Seas in this thrilling steampunk tale from New York Times bestselling author Meljean Brook...
  • Ghost Falls by Pandora Pine

    Ghost Falls by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the way to a psychic convention in Niagara Falls, Detective Jude Byrne sees a commercial advertising famed daredevil Cannonball Jackson’s latest stunt, going over the falls in a barrel. Jude thinks it would fun to witness the attempt until his husband tells him the day will end in tragedy. From that moment, Jude’s entire focus is on saving Cannonball from himself...
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    mystery  queer  paranormal  suspense  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Dead on Arrival by Pandora Pine

    Dead on Arrival by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Newly retired from the Boston Police Department, Ronan O’Mara is looking forward to spending time with his husband, Tennyson, and his daughter. It turns out walking away from his job is harder than he thought. When Ronan is offered the chance to work some cases at West Side Magick, he jumps at the chance...
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    mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  length-short
  • Coldburgh Train Station by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Coldburgh Train Station by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Do you hear bumps in the night? Get unexplained chills? Feel like someone’s watching you when you’re all alone? Don’t stay scared! Shoot RIPP a message for all your spooktacular needs!DaneI only go along with Rory and Thad’s crazy plan of checking out an abandoned train station because they seem so excited, and I honestly don’t care what we do for our film class project...
  • Ghost Tour by Pandora Pine

    Ghost Tour by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With the kids out of school for the summer, Detective Jude Byrne takes everyone on vacation to Arizona to visit the Grand Canyon and his grandfather, Running Eagle. The trip will be a chance for everyone to relax and enjoy some fun in the sun without a cold case to work or ghosts to hunt. Little does Jude know he’s dead wrong on both counts...
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    mystery  queer  paranormal  suspense  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Dead Fun by Pandora Pine

    Dead Fun by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Come one, come all to Fun-A-Rama, where all your screams come true…Ride the teacups. Reach new heights on the Ferris Wheel. Survive the Viper.If you dare.What could be more fun than a day at an amusement park filled with rides, games, and all the junk food you can eat? Ronan O’Mara can’t wait to tame the Viper, the parks double loop rollercoaster just like he did when he was a kid...
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    mystery  queer  paranormal  suspense  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Ghost After Dark by Pandora Pine

    Ghost After Dark by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    While listening to the wildly popular paranormal podcast Ghost After Dark, psychic Copeland Forbes hears a disembodied voice crying out for help. The episode was investigating the haunting of a clifftop mansion, where Domenica Fibonacci lived with her wealthy husband, Vic. On a stormy night in 1984, she tragically fell to her death...
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    mystery  queer  paranormal  suspense  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Anne Rice's The Tale of the Body Thief #2 by Faye Perozich, Travis Moore

    Anne Rice's The Tale of the Body Thief #2 by Faye Perozich, Travis Moore

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Second in The Tale of the Body Thief series adapted by Faye Perozich featuring exclusive material written by Anne Rice...
  • Bitches and Brawlers by Melanie Karsak

    Bitches and Brawlers by Melanie Karsak

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Just when things start going well for Agent Clemeny Louvel, a bitch has to make trouble.Since Cyril's death, an uneasy peace has existed between Alodie and Lionheart. Her brothel closed, her rank in the werewolf pecking order obliterated, and shunned by the Templars, Alodie has been living on the fringes of the dark district...
  • The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser

    The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    On the eve of wedding in 1978, Shay Garrett peers into the antique mirror in her family's longtime home, the famous Victorian Gingerbread House on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, and falls unconscious only to wake in the body of her own grandmother Brandy on the eve of her wedding--in 1900. The virginal Brandy, in turn, awakes in Shay's body to discover herself pregnant...
  • The Vanished Bride of Northfield House by Phyllis M. Newman

    The Vanished Bride of Northfield House by Phyllis M. Newman

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    England, 1922. Times are hard. Anne Chatham is a clever, modest young woman with little money, no prospects for marriage, and a never-shared secret—she can see spirits. Anne finds employment as a typist at Northfield House, the grand country manor of the Wellington family. Her employer, the wheelchair-bound Mr. Wellington, is kindly. His haughty wife is not...
  • Vow of Deception by C.J. Archer

    Vow of Deception by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    With the wedding only days away, the Ministry is thrown into turmoil when another murder is committed by a shape-shifter. But this time the newspapers make the connection to werewolves – and the Ministry. Suddenly the attention is focused on Lichfield Towers and its residents as the police investigate and parliament wants to shut the organization down...
  • Might of the Dragon by Jessica Drake

    Might of the Dragon by Jessica Drake

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Zara and Lessie's adventure continues in Book 3 of the Dragon Riders of Elantia series...
  • Flight of the Dragon by Jessica Drake

    Flight of the Dragon by Jessica Drake

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    When Zara and Lessie first laid eyes on each other, neither dragon nor rider had any idea of the trials they would have to face together. Now, after several kidnapping and murder attempts, the pair have been transported to a secret location, where they must finish their training under the enigmatic and frustrating Lord Tavarian...
  • Legal Drug, Volume 03 by CLAMP

    Legal Drug, Volume 03 by CLAMP

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Sent by Kakei to enroll in a mysterious high school, the boys must retrieve an equally mysterious ring. But Kudo and Himura discover that there is more to these hallowed halls than is out of the closet. And their discovery may very well uncover more about each other than they truly want to know...
  • Dead To Me by Pandora Pine

    Dead To Me by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Psychic, Tennyson Grimm, was kicked out of his house and disowned by his religious parents when he came out to them as gay and psychic. The last thing Tennyson’s father said before the teenager boarded a Greyhound bus to Boston was that his son was dead to him...
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    mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  length-short
  • Among Gods and Monsters by S.D. Simper

    Among Gods and Monsters by S.D. Simper

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    "Look at you, as sweet as springtime, your heart and soul both. Would you destroy all of that to bring about your lost love's return?" The dead lay gone but not forgotten. War has sparked in the demonic realm of Sha’Demoni, ignited by the wrath of a vengeful goddess seeking recompense for her daughter’s death – and she deems Flowridia responsible...
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    queer  horror  fantasy  magic  f-f  paranormal  length-medium
  • Ghostly Hostage by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Hostage by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Back from vacation, Lance is ready to dive back into work—that is, until the morgue employees are taken hostage on his first day back. Held at gunpoint was not how he thought he'd spend his day. With their lives on the line, Lance and the others have no choice but to follow orders and perform the autopsy that's been demanded.Angus never dreamed he'd be the one worrying about Lance being killed...
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    mystery  queer  paranormal  m-m  contemporary  suspense  fantasy
  • Dead of Night by Pandora Pine

    Dead of Night by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one is more surprised than Cold Case Detective, Ronan O’Mara when he answers his doorbell one night to see members of Salem’s Wiccan community standing on his doorstep with an unbelievable story to tell. According to them, members of their coven are being murdered in a modern-day witch hunt and they want Ronan to look into the matter for them...
  • Dead Serious by Pandora Pine

    Dead Serious by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a grieving father begs the cold case team to investigate the untimely death of his eighteen year old son from a suspected fraternity hazing, Detective Ronan O’Mara is all in. Discovering the previous detectives assigned to the case have done little over the years to solve it, Ronan is determined to uncover exactly what happened to Bash Stark...
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    mystery  queer  paranormal  suspense  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Ghost Motel by Pandora Pine

    Ghost Motel by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tourists check in, but they don’t check out…Wanting to spend one last summer weekend with his family, Detective Jude Byrne books them into a four star hotel on Maine’s beautiful rocky coast. Unfortunately, when Jude arrives, he finds the name of the hotel is Four Star and the motel itself looks the same as it did when it opened in 1976...
  • Dead Giveaway by Pandora Pine

    Dead Giveaway by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With no customers to speak of, Psychic Tennyson Grimm decides he’s going to take some well-deserved time away from work, when a woman bursts into his office with a cremation urn she found in a neighbor’s trash. Laura is excited for Tennyson to make contact with the spirit, so that she’ll have an incredible story to tell her book club...
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    mystery  queer  paranormal  suspense  m-m  fantasy  length-short
  • Dead For Christmas by Pandora Pine

    Dead For Christmas by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s beginning to look a lot like murder…While on vacation in Florida with his family, Detective Ronan O’Mara gets the one call every police officer dreads; his former partner, Shane Matheson, is dead. Retired and living in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida, Shane took a job as a mall Santa...
  • Ghosted by Pandora Pine

    Ghosted by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After an argument with his husband, Detective Jude Byrne leaves the house to cool off. When Jude hasn’t returned after two hours, Cope begins to worry. He calls around to all of their friends and neighbors in attempt to find his missing husband, but to no avail. Jude Byrne had vanished without a trace...
  • Luminosity by Abigail Boyd

    Luminosity by Abigail Boyd

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Includes books 2, 3, and 4 of the Gravity series. In Uncertainty, Ariel finds out more information about her grandmother's visions and family secrets. An unexpected reunion turns her life upside down, and she doesn't know who to trust. In Luminosity, Ariel is haunted by reoccuring nightmares that bring her back to the spooky Dexter orphanage in search of something she once lost.
  • Dear Door 1【電子特典付き】 by Pluto

    Dear Door 1【電子特典付き】 by Pluto

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    After the loss of his fiancée, police officer Kyungjoon resigned himself to a life of watering his house plants and catching two-bit criminals. But after a police investigation into a mysterious cult goes supernatural, he finds himself face-to-face with “Lord Cain,” a demon king in desperate need of mana in order to survive...
  • Necrobane by Daniel M. Ford

    Necrobane by Daniel M. Ford

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Aelis de Lenti, Lone Pine's newly assigned Warden, is in deep trouble. She has just opened the crypts of Mahlgren, releasing an army of the undead into the unprotected backwoods of Ystain.To protect her village, she must unearth a source of immense Necromantic power at the heart of Mahlgren...
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    queer  horror  fantasy  magic  f-f  paranormal  length-medium
  • All Our Secrets Laid Bare by Firethesound

    All Our Secrets Laid Bare by Firethesound

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fandom: Harry PotterRelationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Harry Potter/Original Male Character(s)--------------------------------------------------Over the six years Draco Malfoy has been an Auror, four of his partners have turned up dead. Harry Potter is assigned as his newest partner to investigate just what is going on...
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    mystery  queer  fantasy  m-m  magic  paranormal  length-medium
  • My Noisy Roommate: The Roof Over My Head Comes With Monsters and a Hottie 1 by Kaho Ozaki

    My Noisy Roommate: The Roof Over My Head Comes With Monsters and a Hottie 1 by Kaho Ozaki

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Osuke loses his home, a convenient opportunity presents itself--too convenient, because his new roommate is a hot blond guy with some weird ideas about the supernatural..
  • Legacy of Blood by Heather Graham

    Legacy of Blood by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the streets of Paris, someone wants to paint the town red…When Special Agent Jeannette LaFarge is called in to investigate a vineyard in the Reims region of France, the last thing she expects to find is multiple bodies with every vein bled dry. It’s yet another case tailor-made for Blackbird...
  • Within the Mind by Alice Winters

    Within the Mind by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Seneca is the complete package. He’s smart, sexy, and confident, much to Chevy’s annoyance. They’ve worked with each other for two years, and even though Chevy might secretly find his partner charming and attractive, playful harassment is all they have. Chevy was born with a unique gift that allows him to go into the memories of others...
  • Todd by Lisa Oliver, J.P. Sayle

    Todd by Lisa Oliver, J.P. Sayle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Book Three: Paranormal Gay Romance / MMM / Two Alphas / One Omega/ Fated Mates / Brothers Security Team / Mpreg / Missing Dragon eggs / High Steam / Lots of Tentacles.Were the Fates wrong giving Todd two mates, or will the two dragons be able to redeem themselves and win his heart? Todd Thalassa is the youngest of five krakens and the only omega...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  menage  paranormal  vampires  fantasy
  • Whyborne and Griffin, Books 1-3: Widdershins, Threshold, and Stormhaven by Jordan L. Hawk

    Whyborne and Griffin, Books 1-3: Widdershins, Threshold, and Stormhaven by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Books 1-3 in the Best-Selling Whyborne & Griffin Series, now in one convenient download...
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