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  • The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards

    The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The last member of a murdered House tries to protect his ward from forced marriage to a monster while uncovering clues to his own tortured past. The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts based on the traditional Tarot deck...
  • Lying Season by Karina Halle

    Lying Season by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Amateur ghost-hunter Perry Palomino has battled ghosts, fought off skinwalkers and skirted the fine line between life and death...
  • The Dex-Files by Karina Halle

    The Dex-Files by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The truth is out there...The Dex-Files is a compilation novel that accompanies the Experiment in Terror Series and is not to be-read as a stand-alone. In the Dex-Files we find a variety of scenes and chapters from the enigmatic Dex Foray's POV from books #1-6 in the series. Some of these scenes have been previously published, albeit from Perry's POV, while other scenes are completely new...
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    angst  ghosts  magic  paranormal  sad  action-adventure  alpha-mc  book
  • Something Wicked by Lily Morton

    Something Wicked by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After powerful psychic Blue Billings fell in love with Levi Black, he believed their biggest challenges would arise from Blue’s ability to see and speak to the dead. So it’s rather alarming when he and Levi are confronted with a spate of new—and frightening—problems that have to do with the realm of the living...
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    paranormal  mlm  ghosts  lgbtq  found-family  magic  angst  romance
  • The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison

    The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    At long last... The final book in the New York Times bestselling Hollows series by Kim Harrison!Rachel Morgan's come a long way from the clutzy runner of Dead Witch Walking. She's faced vampires and werewolves, banshees, witches, and soul-eating demons. She's crossed worlds, channeled gods, and accepted her place as a day-walking demon...
  • On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

    On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When the life you wanted has crumbled beneath your fingers, there’s nothing left to do but pick up the pieces and soldier on. You’ve done this before.But what happens when you no longer feel like yourself anymore? When fires spontaneously start-up around you, when you hear growling coming from underneath your bed, and you no longer recognize your face in the mirror...
  • Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward

    Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    The ruthless and brilliant brother Vishous possesses a destructive curse and a frightening ability to see the future. As a member of the Brotherhood, he has no interest in love or emotion, only the battle with the Lessening Society. But when a mortal injury puts him in the care of a human surgeon, Dr...
  • Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Life's a witch ... and then you die. It's the dying part vexing Bay Winchester these days. She may be a long-suffering daughter, thankless newspaper editor, and keyed-up girlfriend, but she's barely holding off a royal freakout Landon's family is visiting the inn -- and they're not exactly open minded...
  • Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

    Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him.When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free...
  • Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward

    Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    Number-one New York Times best-selling author J.R. Ward's thrilling new novel in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, seductive cloth as her brother. Imprisoned for eons by their mother, the Scribe Virgin, she finally frees herself - only to face a devastating injury.Manuel Manello, M.D...
  • Jon and Mack's Terrifying Tree Troubles by A.J. Sherwood

    Jon and Mack's Terrifying Tree Troubles by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It’s like a bad game of Telephone.Grant locates a murdered teen in McMinnville. He calls Jon.Jon locates the girl’s ghost. He calls Mack.Mack talks to the ghost who leads them to more ghosts. Who lead them to even more ghosts.And why are all the murder victims buried under trees?The boys are ready for this game to end, please. (Donovan especially...
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    paranormal  mlm  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  found-family  romance  mystery
  • Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire

    Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The twelfth installment of the Hugo-nominated, New York Times-bestselling Toby Daye urban fantasy series!Things are not okay.In the aftermath of Amandine's latest betrayal, October "Toby" Daye's fragile self-made family is on the verge of coming apart at the seams...
  • Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee

    Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When you're a witch, being wicked comes naturally. For the Winchester witches, though, being wicked is only half the fun. After a long winter, spring has finally hit Hemlock Cove and Bay Winchester thinks things are finally settling down in the town – and with her family. Unfortunately, just the opposite is true...
  • Mack's Rousing Ghoulish Highland Adventure by A.J. Sherwood

    Mack's Rousing Ghoulish Highland Adventure by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mack did not sign up for hunting unknown ghost-eating creatures.But that’s what he gets when he and Brandon arrive to help Eli and husbands at an old inn situated in the Scottish Highlands. Now he’s surrounded by terrified ghosts on the run, zombie-ghosts that look eaten, and no one knows what the baddie is...
  • Into the Hollow by Karina Halle

    Into the Hollow by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Perry Palomino has fought her demons – and won – but the battle is far from over. She’s now left broken and on her own, leaving behind her life and family in Portland to focus on giving Dex Foray – and the Experiment in Terror show – a second chance. But their past mistakes continue to tease and test their relationship, as does the wild and desolate terrain of the Canadian Rockies...
  • Bloodlines by Andrea Speed

    Bloodlines by Andrea Speed

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sequel to PreyIn a world where a werecat virus has changed society, Roan McKichan, a born infected and ex-cop, works as a private detective trying to solve crimes involving other infecteds.The newly married Roan is struggling to balance his work with his home life as he grows increasingly distracted by his husband Paris's declining health...
  • Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mack’s over the moon to not only have Brandon but to finally be done with all their training. With the official FBI stamp of approval, they are ready to start ghost busting. The very last place he wants to be sent to is his hometown of Opelousas, Louisiana, however. But a child is being terrorized, and when he discovers it’s his favorite cousin, all reluctance is forgotten...
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    ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  age-gap
  • The Quiet House by Lily Morton

    The Quiet House by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Levi Black has mostly recovered from the events of a year ago. The only lingering effects are that he’s much more well known in York than he’d like to be, and he’s a lot more cautious about walking around his house naked. However, those events brought him the capricious and fascinating Blue, so he’s not complaining...
  • Jon's Spooky Corpse Conundrum by A.J. Sherwood

    Jon's Spooky Corpse Conundrum by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’ve investigated some pretty strange cases in my life, but I have to say this is a first. A corpse—a murder victim—has gone missing during the middle of an investigation, and no one has any clue where it went. Psy is called in to clear the investigative team, make sure they’re not an accomplice...
  • A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire

    A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    When October is informed that Simon Torquill—legally her father, due to Faerie's archaic marriage traditions—must be invited to her wedding or risk the ceremony throwing the Kingdom in the Mists into political turmoil, she finds herself setting out on a quest she was not yet prepared to undertake for the sake of her future.... and the man who represents her family's past...
  • The Necromancer's Dilemma by S.J. Himes

    The Necromancer's Dilemma by S.J. Himes

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    International bestselling hit The Beacon Hill Sorcerer series continues with Book #2, The Necromancer's Dilemma...Even love can die without trust.Angel’s brother, Isaac, has returned home, and the pair begins to make slow and awkward attempts back to each other...
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    ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  age-gap
  • The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

    The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 75 ratings
    The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater.All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death...
  • GhosTV by Jordan Castillo Price

    GhosTV by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    For the past dozen years, Victor Bayne has solved numerous murders by interrogating witnesses only he can see—dead witnesses. But when his best friend Lisa goes missing from the sunny California campus of PsyTrain, the last thing he wants to find there is her spirit.Disappearing without a trace in a school full of psychics? That’s some trick...
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    angst  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  abuse  action-adventure
  • Shaker of Earth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Shaker of Earth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Charleston is reeling beneath the onslaught of demons unleashed by the vampire spirit Drugoy and his human host Yuri. Alone and drained almost to the point of death, Gray and Caleb must make their way across a city gone mad in hopes of putting an end to Yuri and Dru. But the other drakul isn’t the only enemy they have to worry about...
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    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Daylighters by Rachel Caine

    Daylighters by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    While Morganville, Texas, is often a troubled town, Claire Danvers and her friends are looking forward to coming home. But the Morganville they return to isn’t the one they know; it’s become a different place—a deadly one…Something drastic has happened in Morganville while Claire and her friends were away...
  • Camp Hell by Jordan Castillo Price

    Camp Hell by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Victor Bayne honed his dubious psychic skills at one of the first psych training facilities in the country, Heliotrope Station, otherwise known as Camp Hell to the psychics who've been guests behind its razorwire fence.Vic discovered that none of the people he remembers from Camp Hell can be found online, and there’s no mention of Heliotrope Station itself, either...
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    angst  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  abuse  action-adventure
  • Our Dark Duet by Victoria E. Schwab

    Our Dark Duet by Victoria E. Schwab

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Kate Harker isn't afraid of monsters. She hunts them. And she's good at it.August Flynn once yearned to be human. But no longer. He has a part to play. And he will play it, no matter the cost.The war has begun.The monsters are winning.Kate will have to return to Verity. August will have to let her back in...
  • The Shadows by J.R. Ward

    The Shadows by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Trez “Latimer” doesn’t really exist. And not just because the identity was created so that a Shadow could function in the underbelly of the human world. Sold by his parents to the Queen of the S’Hsibe as a child, Trez escaped the Territory and has been a pimp and an enforcer in Caldwell, NY for years- all the while on the run from a destiny of sexual servitude...
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    angst  magic  paranormal  sad  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Bitter Pill by Jordan Castillo Price

    Bitter Pill by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s a new drug on the streets called Kick. The side effects are so brutal, most folks only try it once…unless they’re psychic. Then they do it until it kills them.Psychic medium Victor Bayne is well acquainted with pharmaceuticals, from the Auracel that blocks his ghosts to the Seconal that offers him a blissful nights’ sleep. But he’s managed to steer clear of street drugs…so far...
  • A Gift of Time by Sarah Wynde

    A Gift of Time by Sarah Wynde

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She thought she could see everything. Time is proving her wrong.Ten years ago, Natalya’s ability to remember the future cost her the life she wanted when her vision of her fiancé’s death tore them apart. Ever since, she's considered her precognition more of a curse than a gift...
  • Spooky Business by S.E. Harmon

    Spooky Business by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Being insatiably curious is a good way to end up dead. Rain Christiansen, cold case detective and reluctant medium, is very aware of that fact. But when infamous serial killer Thomas Kane wants to meet, there’s no way Rain can say no. He also can’t refuse Kane’s offer—find his missing wife, Delilah, and he’ll reveal the location of his victim’s bodies...
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    ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  animals
  • The Queen of Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter

    The Queen of Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    I thought I had nothing left to give. I thought wrong. They started the war. Now I will end it. Alice "Ali" Bell thinks the worst is behind her. She's ready to take the next step with boyfriend Cole Holland, the leader of the zombie slayers…until Anima Industries, the agency controlling the zombies, launches a sneak attack, killing four of her friends...
  • Agent Bayne by Jordan Castillo Price

    Agent Bayne by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Victor Bayne is through with the Chicago PD. Can he handle the FPMP?After years of frustration as a PsyCop, Victor Bayne reports for duty at the Federal Psychic Monitoring Program. As a fledgeling agent, he’s ready to smoke out a few ghosts and be home each night in time for dinner...
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    angst  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult
  • Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After becoming possessed by the vampire spirit Gray, telekinetic Caleb Jansen thought his situation couldn’t get any worse. But that was before Graham Forsyth, head of SPECTR’s sinister Research Division, took him into custody.Forsyth claims he can exorcise Gray before the forty-day time limit runs out. But once at RD, Caleb and Gray find themselves ensnared in a web of lies...
  • Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Federal exorcist John Starkweather’s life is in tatters. His best friend Sean betrayed him. SPECTR, the agency he viewed more as a surrogate family than an employer, wants him dead. His only allies are members of the mysterious organization called the Vigilant, whose motives remain in question...
  • That Ain’t Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire

    That Ain’t Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Crossroads, noun: 1. A place where two roads cross.2. A place where bargains can be made.3. See also “places to avoid.”Antimony Price has never done well without a support system. As the youngest of her generation, she has always been able to depend on her parents, siblings, and cousins to help her out when she’s in a pinch—until now. After fleeing from the Covenant of St...
  • How to Survive an Undead Honeymoon by Hailey Edwards

    How to Survive an Undead Honeymoon by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Epilogues: Part IINothing says romance like spending a long weekend at a haunted inn famed for sending its guests to the ER with scratches, bites, and fractures. Or so Linus thinks when he books a trip for Grier and himself to Oliphant House. As far as honeymoons go, the choice is nontraditional, but then, so is his bride...
  • NoX by Adrienne Wilder

    NoX by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A nude man invades Luca Suarez's home and protects him from creatures who cannot exist.Creatures hunting him.The stranger can't tell Luca why. He can't even tell Luca his name.He remembers nothing until the moment he sees Luca...
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    angst  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Dark of Night by Emily Goodwin

    Dark of Night by Emily Goodwin

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everything has a cost.I never thought the cost of falling in love could be my life. But when the Vampire Council gets reports of increased magical activity in the surrounding areas, they give the order for vampires to kill any witches they come across. I trust Lucas to never hurt me, but he’s not the only vampire in my life, and let’s just say the others aren’t my biggest fans...
  • The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton

    The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Levi Black is at a crossroads. After suffering a loss and breaking up a long-term relationship, he’s looking for a change. When he receives the news he’s inherited a house in York, he seizes the opportunity to begin a new chapter in his life. However, when he gets there, he finds a house that has never kept its occupants for very long...
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    angst  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult
  • Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

    Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Something wicked is at work in Colorado’s supernatural community. Vampires are being paralyzed or killed with poison…a weapon favored by witches. This offense threatens to break apart the already-fractured alliance between witches and the undead.The state’s cardinal vampire, Maven, summons boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther to stop the killing before it ignites a war...
  • Come Alive by Karina Halle

    Come Alive by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    It’s one thing to bring the woman you love back into your life. It’s another to try and keep her there. For Dex Foray, con­vinc­ing Perry Palomino to open her­self to their bur­geon­ing rela­tion­ship has been more chal­leng­ing than hunt­ing ghosts, bat­tling demons and stalk­ing Sasquatch com­bined...
  • The Phantom Queen by Yasmine Galenorn

    The Phantom Queen by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whisper Hollow, where spirits walk among the living, and the lake never gives up her dead...Fifteen years ago, I ran away from Whisper Hollow, Washington, a small town on Crescent Lake in the Olympic Peninsula. But truth is, if you were born here, you can never really leave. I'm Kerris Fellwater, and I'm a spirit shaman...
  • Bringer of Night by Jordan L. Hawk

    Bringer of Night by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The vampire spirit Gray and his human host Caleb have sworn never to drink from a human again. But when a woman from one of Caleb’s tour groups is murdered by what appears to be a vampire, Caleb is arrested as the prime suspect. Not only does she have a bite mark on her throat, but security camera footage reveals her murderer looks exactly like Caleb, down to the clothes he was wearing that night...
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    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Possessed by Shadows by Lissa Kasey

    Possessed by Shadows by Lissa Kasey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His brother vanished into the shadows. Taken or possessed?Alex can see ghosts and demons. It’s not a gift he asked for, but recent events have made his abilities impossible to deny. When his brother Lukas goes missing, walking off camera in the middle of a ghost hunting video, Alex fears the worst.As Alex searches for Lukas, a long list of secrets, lies, and omissions come to light...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  mlm  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  angst  romance  mystery
  • Night Treasures by Richard Amos

    Night Treasures by Richard Amos

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s no rest for the, erm… Well, for me.Or for Tae Frost.Chaos reigns supreme, everything turned upside down.The world is calling out for a hero.Can I rise to the challenge, or am I doomed to linger in the dark?I have to hold on to hope.For Tae.For Fizz.For the whole of my heart...
  • Spook Squad by Jordan Castillo Price

    Spook Squad by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Everyone enjoys peace and tranquility, and Victor Bayne is no exception. He goes to great lengths to maintain a harmonious home with his partner, Jacob. Although the cannery is huge, it’s grown difficult to avoid the elephant in the room…the elephant with the letters FPMP scrawled on its hide.Once Jacob surrendered his PsyCop badge, he infiltrated the Federal Psychic Monitoring Program...
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    angst  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult
  • Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine

    Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    For years, the human and vampire residents of Morganville, Texas, have managed to co-exist in peace. But now that the threat to the vampires has been defeated, the human residents are learning that the gravest danger they face is the enemy within…Thanks to the eradication of the parasitic creatures known as the draug, the vampires of Morganville have been freed of their usual constraints...
  • Breaker of Chains by Jordan L. Hawk

    Breaker of Chains by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caught between the worlds of human and drakul, Caleb and Gray must make a fateful choice.Big changes are afoot at SPECTR. John Starkweather, once a hotshot field agent, is now benched. Instead of chasing down demons during Charleston’s biggest outbreak, he’s stuck interviewing exorcists about a previous case...
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    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Coldburgh Train Station by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Coldburgh Train Station by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.38 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...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  sad  action-adventure  adult
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