Pestilence by Laura Thalassa - Bookmates: After Dark

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01/15/25 • 107 min

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Here we will take on a variety of smut, dark romance and horror in a NSFW way!
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Obviously a CONTENT WARNING is in effect! The books here will either be sexually explicit, problematic, dark and/or violent, and potentially triggering in nature.
Join us After Dark as we discuss the first book in the Four Horsemen series:
Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
Synopsis:
When Pestilence comes for Sara Burn’s town, one thing is certain: everyone she knows and loves is marked for death. Unless, of course, the angelic-looking horseman is stopped, which is exactly what Sara has in mind when she shoots the unholy beast off his steed.
Too bad no one told her Pestilence can’t be killed.
Now the horseman, very much alive and very pissed off, has taken her prisoner, and he’s eager to make her suffer. Only, the longer she’s with him, the more uncertain she is about his true feelings towards her... and hers towards him.
And now, well, Sara might still be able to save the world, but in order to do so, she'll have to sacrifice her heart in the process.

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A Winter in New York by Josie Silver

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A Winter in New York by Josie Silver
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When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

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When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker
Synopsis:
The Creators did not expect their beloved dragons to sail skyward upon their end. To curl into balls just beyond gravity’s grip, littering the sky with tombstones. With moons. They certainly did not expect them to fall.
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