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  • Fourth Wing (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros

    Fourth Wing (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history...
  • Isolation by Bex-chan

    Isolation by Bex-chan

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He can't leave the room. Her room. And it's all the Order's fault. Confined to a small space with only the Mudblood for company, something's going to give. Maybe his sanity. Maybe not. "There," she spat. "Now your Blood's filthy too!" DM/HG. PostHBP. Post Half-Blood Prince...
  • Iron Flame (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros, Khaya Fraites

    Iron Flame (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros, Khaya Fraites

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College―Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through...
  • Iron Flame (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros

    Iron Flame (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College―Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through...
  • A Hero's Tale by Catherine M. Wilson

    A Hero's Tale by Catherine M. Wilson

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    In Book II, Tamras moved from her home into the lands beyond its border. In Book three, the stage widens further: she deals with the struggles of whole peoples. Caught up in intrigues that would once have been far above her, the heroine risks everything unless she can not only learn to swim in treacherous waters, but to master them. The heroine 's inner journey continues to match her outer one...
  • Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk

    Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Whyborne, Griffin, and their friends have faced down cultists, monsters, and sorcerers. But their greatest challenge is now upon them.On the return voyage from Balefire Manor, Whyborne receives the worst news possible: Widdershins has fallen before the onslaught of the Fideles and their servants. There’s still time to stop the return of the Masters, but that window grows shorter by the hour...
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    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  war  wlw  action-adventure  adult
  • Alastair by Jaclyn Osborn

    Alastair by Jaclyn Osborn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Pride comes before the fall. Or so they say.Cursed with the deadly sin of Pride, failure isn’t an option for Alastair. Win at all costs. With the war intensifying, the stakes are higher than ever. Sacrifices must be made. Throw in the awakening of a soulmate bond on top of that, and things have never been so complicated...
  • The Fallout by Everythursday

    The Fallout by Everythursday

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When does redemption begin? She likes to believe it is at the top of a tower, when a boy lowers his wand, his power, his control, his future in the ranks he had been promised and walks away to never be the same again.The question for Draco Malfoy, of course, was when it ended...
  • Under the Oak Tree: Season 2 -5- by Suji Kim

    Under the Oak Tree: Season 2 -5- by Suji Kim

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stuttering Maximilian Croyso spent a lifetime suffering the abuse of her cruel father, Duke Croyso. The Duke’s final act of cruelty? Marrying Maxi off to the war hero Riftan, legendary slayer of dragons. Now these two complete strangers have to try to make the arranged marriage that neither wanted work out.At first, the brooding Riftan and shy, nervous Maxi have nothing in common...
  • Zone of Action by A.J. Sherwood

    Zone of Action by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ren’s homecoming wishlist includes:•Arman not bashing everyone’s heads together (at least not without him)•Getting the fortress built before the Mongs attack (not at the rate they’re going with all the thefts happening)•Going home without incident (also, again, not likely)What it did not include was:•Social reform•A child•A raiding party•Arman actually using his wordsLife once again proved...
  • One True King by Soman Chainani

    One True King by Soman Chainani

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Beyond Good and Evil. Beyond Ever Afters.The fairy tale of Sophie and Agatha comes to a dramatic conclusion in this sixth and final book of Soman Chainani's New York Times bestselling fantasy seriesWho will sit on Camelot's throne and rule the Endless Woods? Who will be the One True King? Prepare yourself for the End of Ends . .
  • What Lies Within Masks & Shadows by Nicolle May

    What Lies Within Masks & Shadows by Nicolle May

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Throne of Glass meets The Witcher and Once Upon a Time in this heart-wrenching, high fantasy romance packed with trauma healing, epic magic, and high-stakes rebellion."What could be worse than death?"They made her kneel. So, she would see them burn...Alora—a Marked One—is bound to a fate of suffering...
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    magic  enemies-to-lovers  war  paranormal  romance  fantasy  dark  fae
  • A Crystal of Time by Soman Chainani

    A Crystal of Time by Soman Chainani

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    In this fifth instalment in Soman Chainani's New York Times bestselling fantasy series, The School for Good and Evil, Sophie, Agatha, and their friends must find a way to overthrow the sinister evil that twists lies into the truth and seeks to rewrite their story.A false king has claimed the throne of Camelot, sentenced Tedros to death, and forced Sophie to be his queen...
  • Wandfasted by Laurie Forest

    Wandfasted by Laurie Forest

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Magic, romance and adventure collide in WANDFASTED, the irresistible ebook prequel to THE BLACK WITCH Twenty years before Elloren Gardner enrolled at the illustrious Verpax University, Erthia was rent asunder during the devastating Realm War. When Tessla Harrow is driven from her home by the fighting, she discovers a depth of power she never knew she had..
  • The Last Ever After by Soman Chainani

    The Last Ever After by Soman Chainani

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    In the epic next chapter of Soman Chainani’s New York Times bestselling series, The School for Good and Evil, everything old is new again as Sophie and Agatha fight the past as well as the present to find the perfect end to their story.As A World Without Princes closed, the end was written and former best friends Sophie and Agatha went their separate ways...
  • Dirty Ross by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Dirty Ross by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cole Ryker has been a man on a mission since the second he laid eyes on tall, dark and dirty-talking Ross Collins. That mission? To get the macho Delta Force soldier into his bed and out of his head, putting an end to his obsession. When Ross finally agrees to a date, Cole is overjoyed - and, frankly, rather surprised. Ross is like no man he's ever met...
  • Ashes by Abigail Hilton

    Ashes by Abigail Hilton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Gerard Holovar, Captain of the Temple Police, was only trying to do the right thing when he spared the life of a pirate. He gambled. And he lost.Now, mired in grief and choking on despair, he stumbles through days of slave labor, mourning his loved ones and trying to understand where he went wrong. His life as a prince and Captain of Police becomes a hazy memory...
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    drama  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook
  • Unleashing Fire by Julie Hall

    Unleashing Fire by Julie Hall

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The world will ignite and so will I.The Forsaken hunger for vengeance, leaving Steel and me with no choice but to follow Camiel to the only place strong enough to protect me—Eden, an ancient, hidden city darkened by my family’s secrets.But Eden isn’t the safe haven I expected, and family runs deeper than blood...
  • A Trail of Fire by Diana Gabaldon

    A Trail of Fire by Diana Gabaldon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Four extraordinary stories featuring characters from the bestselling OUTLANDER series. In Lord John and the Plague of Zombies Lord John Grey is posted to Jamaica to assist the Governor as he faces a most unusual kind of uprising among the colony's slave population...
  • Magic and Mayhem by Hannah Walker

    Magic and Mayhem by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life in Corent is exciting and challenging. As one of the main paranormal communities you never know what might be around the corner. Matt’s life has always been peaceful. He splits his time between helping at his mama’s shop and spending time with family, friends, and his coven...
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    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • The Assassin's Dragon by W.M. Fawkes, Sam Burns

    The Assassin's Dragon by W.M. Fawkes, Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Atheldinas, everyone’s secrets have been uncovered. Tristram is a half-dragon, Nicholas is a villain scheming to take the throne from his cousin Roland, and eternally sharp Bet is nothing less than a hero.The cost has been high, and now Tristram is forced to amass the armies of Llangard to save his king from Jarl Vidar, the mysterious figure who’s hellbent on tearing Llangard in two...
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    children  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  war  wlw  action-adventure
  • The Turn of the Story by Sarah Rees Brennan

    The Turn of the Story by Sarah Rees Brennan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Elliot Schafer has been carried off to a magical land and called to fight… but he has no intention of doing so. He is a little disappointed by the facilities on the Border, but he gets to meet Serene-Heart-In-The-Chaos-Of-Battle, an elf warrior, and Luke Sunborn, an annoyingly brave human warrior native to the magical land he’s crossed into...
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    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  war  action-adventure  bisexuality  book  fae
  • Eternal Sin by Ariana Nash

    Eternal Sin by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The fate of the world hinges on their shattered love. But can it be saved? For as long as angels and demons have warred over London, battle lines have never been crossed and humans never hurt. Now, everything has changed. More powerful than ever, nothing can stop Mikhail's crusade of vengeance against the demon who betrayed him. Trapped as an angel, Severn is running out of time...
  • Infernal Sin by Ariana Nash

    Infernal Sin by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An angel and a demon fell in love, and the world went to war...Branded a traitor by his own kind, Severn knows winning demons back will not be easy, but when High Lord Luxen steals Mikhail from his grasp, he has no choice. He’s going to need all the help he can get to find Mikhail, unseat Luxen as High Lord, and build a force to rival the vicious Guardian Angel Remiel’s...
  • The Littlest Assassin-Shifters by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    The Littlest Assassin-Shifters by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The men of the Skull Blaster unit have spent most of their lives fighting together for a safer world, first in the military and now as an elite team supervised by Homeland Security. Now they have an even more pressing reason to make the world a better place.Their children are about to be born.Mateo Esposito grew up in foster homes, alone and cynical, grateful for the day he could be on his own...
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    children  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Lessons Learned by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Lessons Learned by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Years ago, sensitive Jude Brooks got tired of watching junior high life through the vents in his locker. Unfortunately, handsome Hayden Cox's favorite pastime was putting him in there. When Jude's werewolf friends torment Hayden for being human, he takes it out on distractingly beautiful Jude. A lot.Tired of having his son picked on, pack member Henry Cox moves his family away...
  • Forbidden by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Forbidden by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 21This book is part of a series.WARNING: Men making love, crude language, violence.Jesse Salvatore has had it. He's the youngest of three brothers -- and the only one born without the werewolf gene. Because he's human, his brothers, Jaxon and Justice, treat him like he's helpless. They constantly battle deadly rogue wolves and won't let him anywhere near the fight...
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    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Broken Bonds by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Broken Bonds by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For years, Jackson Murphy and Jonas Brooks have been dancing around each other in a waltz of uncertainty and longing. One unexpected kiss meant to comfort rattles the two alphas, but neither is willing to make the first move. Now, their meddling packs are conniving to force the two alphas to see what they truly share — a bond of love...
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    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Strange Addiction by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Strange Addiction by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brock Holloway has it all -- money, friends, a bitchin' car and a promising football career. At least, that's what people see. Inside, though, Brock is fighting for something he knows he can never have: Unconditional love. As the child of Aphrodite, he is worshipped, admired, wanted - but never loved.Zack Duran is a wolverine shifter -- and not a nice guy...
  • The Final Spark by Richard Paul Evans

    The Final Spark by Richard Paul Evans

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The Electroclan is facing a devastating loss: Michael is missing. What’s next?The battle on the island of Hades ended with a devastating explosion that left the island a smoking ruin and much of Hatch’s army dead. Hatch survived, however, and while his plans have certainly suffered a setback, he’s more determined than ever to bring the world’s governments under his control...
  • The Rift War by Alexandra Moody

    The Rift War by Alexandra Moody

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a thousand years of separation, humans and Unfaih have clashed in a bloody and devastating war. But now a more powerful force is threatening to destroy both their worlds.The dust has barely settled on the battlefield, but the Brakys are readying to strike. These dark creatures have kept to the shadows, waiting for the perfect chance to claim what they have thirsted over for centuries...
  • War of the Sea by Dana Claire

    War of the Sea by Dana Claire

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His powers could save the ocean. Her vendetta could sink a kingdom. Captain Elouise Farrington, the youngest pirate on the Caviar Sea, seeks revenge on her father’s killer. But when her oddly hypnotic foe proposes a pact to kill the Siren Queen and end the War of the Sea’s bloodshed, she must make a choice...
  • Shadow Queen by Nicola Tyche

    Shadow Queen by Nicola Tyche

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For ten years, her kingdom has warred against the Shadow King. Now, she’s his queen. Treachery Within … Reaping the consequences from her decision to ally with her kingdom’s greatest enemy to avoid war, Norah Andell, queen of Mercia and salara of Kharav, faces opposition from both realms and struggles to hang on to the fragile peace between them...
  • Mountains Will Crumble by Carissa Hardcastle

    Mountains Will Crumble by Carissa Hardcastle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Is it the corrupted who thirst for power, or does power corrupt those to whom it is given?Merriam and Mollian have survived demon attacks, heartbreak, and a complete upheaval of their lives, but their struggle is far from over. Merriam is now Sekha’s Marshal and is known throughout the kingdom as the demonslayer...
  • War by Sienna Moreau

    War by Sienna Moreau

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Red Rider’s time has come, but a forbidden love may keep him from answering the call.As the second Horseman of the Apocalypse, War is tasked with fueling the flames of the destruction caused by his brother, Conquest. But War has discovered a connection he’s carried forever … one that will change everything...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  paranormal  lgbtq  magic  enemies-to-lovers  war  romance  fantasy
  • The Walls of Westernfort by Jane Fletcher

    The Walls of Westernfort by Jane Fletcher

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All Natasha Ionadis wants is to serve the Goddess as a Temple Guard, and she volunteers eagerly for a dangerous mission to infiltrate a band of renegade warriors and imprinters. But, once away from the temple, the issues are no longer so simple and she must revaluate her beliefs, especially in light of her growing attraction for one of the outlaws...
  • The Prince's Dragon by W.M. Fawkes, Sam Burns

    The Prince's Dragon by W.M. Fawkes, Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last place Lord Tristram Radcliffe ever expected to find himself was right hand to the Llangardian throne. His parentage should have seen him banished, but he managed to keep his draconic secret. Now, King Reynold is dead. Long live King Roland...
  • The Last Vampire: Book Five by R.A. Steffan, Jaelynn Woolf

    The Last Vampire: Book Five by R.A. Steffan, Jaelynn Woolf

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Broke ex-waitresses aren’t supposed to have archenemies.Seriously, that kind of crap is way above our pay grade.We certainly aren’t supposed to have multiple supernatural beings competing for the title of “scariest nemesis.” Yet that’s where I find myself, now that the last vampire on Earth is no longer the last vampire on Earth...
  • Best Knight Ever by Cassandra Gannon

    Best Knight Ever by Cassandra Gannon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What if a warrior falls in love with his fiercest enemy? For years, Trystan and Galahad fought on opposite sides of the brutal Looking Glass Campaigns. Trystan is a gryphon, part of a winged race who battled Camelot’s invasion of his homeland. Galahad was a knight of Camelot, who helped his king wage a relentless war, before he saw the dishonor in it and gave up combat forever...
  • Stolen Thorn Bride by Kenley Davidson

    Stolen Thorn Bride by Kenley Davidson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can a stubborn farm girl steal the heart of an elf king who has sworn never to love again?After a century of war, the elves of Abreia are losing hope. Their greatest defender—Dechlan, king of the Northwatch—lies near death, and only a soul bond with a human bride can save him. The problem? No humans have set foot on elven lands for over a hundred years...
  • Blaze by Wolf Specter, Angel Knots

    Blaze by Wolf Specter, Angel Knots

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A dragon who doesn’t know how to love…. Fate hasn't been kind to Ivan, but he doesn’t blame her. He's spent the last couple of centuries doing terrible things to the humans who live in the Eastern European territory once claimed by his sire, Nikolai... which makes him the last person with any right to expect kindness from something as fickle as fate...
  • Pool of Dreams by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes

    Pool of Dreams by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A fae who betrayed his prince for a doomed passion.Syren sacrificed the man he loved to spare humanity from the wrath of the fae. For three hundred years, he’s been stuck on the mortal plane, floating alone in his pool while his powers slipped away...
  • Omega by Susannah Sandlin

    Omega by Susannah Sandlin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The bloody war between the Vampire Tribunal and the defiant scathe of Penton, Alabama, rages on, forcing its residents and their bonded humans to retreat into the underground fortress of last resort: Omega.There, Will Ludlam is charged with the care of Penton’s humans, though he longs to fight alongside his vampire brethren...
  • The Storyteller by Traci Chee

    The Storyteller by Traci Chee

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sefia is determined to keep Archer out of the Guard's clutches and their plans for war between the Five Kingdoms. The Book, the ancient, infinite codex of the past, present and future, tells of a prophecy that will plunge Kelanna in that bloody war, but it requires a boy—Archer—and Sefia will stop at nothing to ensure his safety...
  • Omega's Gamble by Claire Cullen

    Omega's Gamble by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Prince Raine has only one chance to escape a miserable life—find an alpha husband before the end of the marriage circuit. With the threat of being banished to the priory hanging over his head, Raine will do whatever it takes to find himself a husband. Even visit Stormshield, a remote kingdom no omega prince ever sets foot on. A kingdom that just so happens to have three eligible alphas...
  • The Traitor's Ruin by Erin Beaty

    The Traitor's Ruin by Erin Beaty

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After proving her worth in book one as a deft spy and strategic matchmaker, Sage Fowler is now comfortably positioned in high society as the royal tutor. When she’s called upon to teach his majesty’s soldiers how to read and write, she jumps at the chance to serve her kingdom of Demora—and to be reunited with her fiancé, Captain Alex Quinn. During a skirmish, Sage and Alex are separated...
  • Ravenminder by Lindsay Cummings

    Ravenminder by Lindsay Cummings

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A kingdom at war. A girl with a gift. A destiny to be revealed.Your new romantic fantasy obsession awaits in this captivating epic adventure, perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Sarah J. Maas.………The sky is a dangerous place for a girl without wings.In the war-torn kingdom of Lordach, Ezer has spent two years as the Ravenminder of Rendegard...
  • R & R by Brenda Cothern

    R & R by Brenda Cothern

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After rescuing Markus and Brian from the clutches of the sadistic Councilwoman, Shanna Crystal, they are forced on R & R. None of them are happy and none of them want or need ‘rest & relaxation’ but they have no choice...
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    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Fire Sisters: Brilliant Darkness, Book 3 by A.G. Henley

    The Fire Sisters: Brilliant Darkness, Book 3 by A.G. Henley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coming September 25, 2015! Read the final book in the bestselling Brilliant Darkness series.Fennel and Peree are finally together and safe from the Scourge in the protected village of Koolkuna. But on the day of their partnering ceremony the children of the village are stolen away—Fenn’s loyal companion, Kora, among them...
  • The Shadow Mark by Mason Thomas

    The Shadow Mark by Mason Thomas

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Auraq Greystone, once a military officer with a promising future, exists on the fringe of society. Accused of murder, Auraq is on the run from the ax—until two fugitives crash into his solitary life. One is a young man named Kane. The glowing marks on his arm pulse with an otherworldly power, and they have made him the target of a sinister organization called the Order of the Jackal...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  bodyguard
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