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River Marked

Patricia Briggs

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Mercy Thompson and her alpha finally get their honeymoon — but something ancient is hunting them.

Content Warnings
violence/gore

Description

Mercy Thompson's next-door neighbor is a werewolf, her former boss is a gremlin, and she's fixing a VW bus for a vampire, but Mercy isn't exactly normal herself. Original.

Mercy Thompson series

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