Option Three by Khyber

2500 - 7500 words (Short Story), Seasons 4-5 (Mid), Mulder/Scully Romance, Standalone, Vignette

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Khyber

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Car Smut, Erotica, Humor, Interrupted Smut, It's complicated, Smut Under the Influence, Smuttin' Somewhere Reckless, Stakeout, Tight Quarters, Drunk!Scully, Halloween

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50K+ words (Novel), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), ... goes AU, Mulder/Scully Romance, Part of a Series, Standalone

Originally Posted:

1998

Halloween. A little exposed skin, tentative conversation, a bag of candy and a lesson in sharing. Even though Mulder and Scully don't have sexual intercourse, NoRomos will likely want to run screaming right about now.

I couldn't resist another Halloween fic. This is a classic Halloween offering in the stakeout genre, but I'm not sure whether it's a trick or a treat. 🙂 Hopefully it's not too chilly for cold showers at this time of year.

Sorry I did go a bit full pr0n on the cover, possibly due to my own frustrations, but I did try to hide it under lots of twizzlers...

Mercy Seat (The) by Bonetree

60,000 Words

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Part of the Goshen Universe series:

Published: February 9, 2022
Publisher:
Rating:

Mature Audiences (M/R)

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Bonetree

Genres:

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Action-adventure, Angst, Casefile, Established MSR, Jealousy, CW: Disturbing imagery, Halloween

Cover Artists:

Nlynn

Originally Posted:

2002

Months after the events of "City of Light," Mulder and Scully investigate a haunting by an entity that stalks a troubled woman and her husband. But what is this thing that haunts her? And haunts us all?

ARCHIVIST'S NOTE: the AO3 version doesn't include the prologue, but it's available at the local link.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This story takes place in what I call the Goshen Universe, an AU started with the story "Goshen" and which continues through "Secret World" and "City of Light." That said, you don't have to read the previous three stories to understand this one, since the plot sort of starts over with this story. However, there will be references to events from all three stories through this one, and original characters from those stories whom it will be assumed you are already familiar with, so you might start wondering to yourself what I'm referring to if you haven't read the other stories. This is also an established MSR story, and the previous three stories detail the beginning and evolution of the relationship, which might be helpful for you to know.

Back to posting the Goshen stories. Another awesome dustjacket by Nlynn.

This one starts a new storyline, which shouldn't be as heavy as the last 2 instalments, and can be read without reading those. I haven't had a chance to read this one myself yet so some tags are missing.

Soap and Eggs by EPurSeMouve

47,000 Words

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Published: December 15, 2021
Rating:

20K - 50K words (Novella), Seasons 4-5 (Mid), Combined Series, Mulder/Scully Romance

XFAuthors:

EPurSeMouve

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Cover Artists:

Whitney Cox

Originally Posted:

1998

Soap And Eggs: A possible future. A might-have-been. A what-if. Or a "There but for the grace of God...."

Soap and Eggs II: An Ivory-White Christmas: A solitary Christmas in San Francisco, California.

Soap and Eggs III: A Grade-AA Valentine's Day: The stage is set for the final conclusion.

Soap and Eggs IV: Suds And Shells: Sometimes, it's hard to decide when to settle for life's leftovers.

*BONUS* Soap and Eggs Happy Ending : This doesn't officially exist. According to EPur "this isn't a part of the Soap and Eggs series. It's just me fooling around, describing on paper what kind of ending the sap in me always wanted." It was exclusive to EPur's website. If you want to remain true to the spirit of the series you can skip it, but if you're human you'll definitely want to read this.

!CW: character death (Not M or S).

If you're after a happy holiday story, look elsewhere!!!

EPurSeMouve stabs you in the heart with this one. Then twists the knife. Then rips it right out of your body and stomps on it. There is a band-aid for you at the end though.

This season 4 end-of-the-X-Files imagining isn't really a whole lot worse than what Chris Carter did to them after "The Truth". It always bothered me when I thought of how difficult their lives would be on the run. The only difference then was that at least they had each other. I'm going to stop now before I cry again. Just make sure you're in a safe place before reading this.

This was one I'd originally intended to release at Halloween, but I was out gallivanting around the country instead. Never mind, it's a late Halloween, almost-Christmas and early Valentine's story.

Taking Liberties (Neon Universe Vol 1) by ImAStinker

89,000 Words

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Part of the Neon Universe series:

Taking Liberties (Neon Universe Vol 1) by ImAStinker
Devil's Advocate (Neon Universe Vol 2) by ImAStinker & FancyKatz
Neon (Neon Universe Vol 3) by ImAStinker & FancyKatz

Published: November 15, 2021
Rating:

Seasons 1-3 (Early), 50K+ words (Novel), Combined Series, Mulder/Scully Romance, Part of a Series

XFAuthors:

FancyKatz, ImAStinker

Genres:

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Cover Artists:

ImAStinker, x-trash.com

Originally Posted:

1994

Taking Liberties: While the X-Files are shut down, Mulder drags Scully to California to celebrate her birthday, but the case he's assigned to keeps getting in the way...

Bokor Holiday: Mulder takes it upon himself to save Scully from a voodoo curse, but ends up needing saving himself.

Code of Silence: Scully tricks Mulder into agreeing to participate in hypnotherapy to help him with his insomnia and some recurring nightmares.

Child's Play: Mulder and Scully are given a young girl to baby-sit. What they weren't told is that she 'witnessed' a murder without actually being there.

Mulder and the Stinking, Rotten, Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: Mulder experiences a definite low.

Forgotten Souls: Our heroes may have gotten in over their heads and need a little 'outside' intervention when some old enemies return. First appearance of Dr.Jay.

When Pigs Fly:
Mulder baby-sits some small relatives, much to his dismay, and everything that could go wrong, does go wrong...

Double Vision: Mulder sees and hears strange things after a near death experience from trying vainly to save a woman's life.

Oh, What A Night: On Halloween, Mulder is drafted to baby-sit some small relatives and his well-meaning efforts to take them trick or treating cause nothing but trouble. Co-written by FancyKatz

On The Edge: Mulder finds comfort from his loss with someone who shares it. [Warning: Post-ep for "3". Not essential reading if you prefer to deny that episode never happened.]

Cheryl was a very early MSR fanfic author, with these stories written in 1994. All of her stories take place in the same universe, which begins after Mulder and Scully were split up at the end of Season One. Consequently there are some characters that developed a little differently in this universe, so you occasionally have to forget all you've learned of them since 1994. She's also quite determined to injure Mulder in multiple ways, which can be a lot of fun.

Annie shows up as co-author for the first time in "Oh, What A Night", and they team up to write more stories in Volume 2 and 3 together.

I did release "Devils Advocate" earlier this year, not realising that the other stories were related, so I'm re-releasing that one this week with an extra story added, along with "Neon" (Volume 3).

The image featured on the cover is a sketch by ImAStinker. I tried colourising it for the cover and it turned out a bit of a mess. The original is below. This is one of the sketches that I'll include with Neon in Volume 3.

Dungeons and Demons by Spooky’s Girl

27,000 Words

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Published: November 1, 2021
Rating:

Explicit - Adults only (E/NC-17), Mature Audiences (M/R)

XFAuthors:

Spooky's Girl

Genres:

20K - 50K words (Novella), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Mulder/Scully Romance, Standalone

Tags:

Action-adventure, Agents in peril, Angst, Casefile, Ditch!, Haunted House, Hurt/Comfort, Jealousy, Mulder Torture, Relationship Angst, Rift, Scully Torture, Smut, Stuck!fic, UST to RST (First time), Possessiveness, Sick/Injured, CW: Disturbing imagery, Halloween

Cover Artists:

Spooky's GIrl

Originally Posted:

c 2000

Mulder, Scully and three others are invited to stay in a castle for one night. Can they survive the demon that's inhabiting it?

I had a couple of little reservations with this one in the beginning, but once I remembered that plot holes are canon I was able to get right into it and enjoy it.

I have to give Spooky's Girl bonus points for the double ditch, double jealousy, Phoebe link, and for correctly referring to the elephant 'necropsy'.

I'm still running on empty here, but I'm trying to get things uploaded, even if it's a little late...

Out in the Country by Jacquie LaVa

10,000 Words

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Published: October 31, 2021
Rating:

7500 - 20K words (Longer Story), AU Season 8+ (no Requiem), Mulder/Scully Romance, Standalone

XFAuthors:

Jacquie LaVa

Genres:

Tags:

Car Smut, Erotica, Established MSR, Fluff, Humorotica, Romance, Smut, Smuttin' Somewhere Reckless, Halloween

Cover Artists:

Kimpa

A drive into the country to retrieve an heirloom gives our heroes quite a full day... in more ways than one!

Halloween themed smut, with thanks to a perennial favourite author, Jacquie LaVa. Jacquie's work was very popular when published under her original name, but was mostly withdrawn when she began publishing her original novels. Some works have been permitted to be republished without the identifying information, which means that I'm unable to direct you to the name you can find the author's current work under. It's probably not too difficult to work out with a bit of detective work though. 🙂

Dreaming Sea (The) by Revely

23,000 Words

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Published: October 29, 2021
Rating:

Parental Guidance (PG)

XFAuthors:

Revely

Genres:

20K - 50K words (Novella), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Mulder/Scully Friendship, Mulder/Scully Romance, Standalone

Tags:

Action-adventure, Angst, Casefile, Oozing UST, Halloween, Deep abiding love (but no smut)

Cover Artists:

Tre

Originally Posted:

2000

A spectacular sighting in a seaside town brings Scully and Mulder face-to-face with a salt-water surprise.

This is a truly beautiful Halloween story by Revely, containing a protective Mulder and Scully, that tugs at the heartstrings just a little. I adored the sensitivity of this one, and love the cover by Tre.

Dreaming Sea cover by IOHO — Alternative cover from IOHO

Laws of Motion by Syntax6

74,000 Words

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Part of the Invariants series:

Universal Invariants by Syntax6
Laws of Motion by Syntax6

Published: April 19, 2021
Publisher:
Rating:

Seasons 4-5 (Mid), 50K+ words (Novel), Mulder/Scully Romance, Part of a Series

XFAuthors:

Syntax6

Genres:

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Cover Artists:

Maybe Amanda (Website)

Originally Posted:

2005

“Laws of Motion” is a sequel to “Universal Invariants” which picks up in season five with “Redux II.” Scully barely has time to unpack before a ghost from the past sends her and Mulder down a murderous rabbit hole.

Through the magic of her storytelling Syn gives us another 'first time' in the second book of this pair. More Ethan & more investigations & more MSR. This story takes our heroes through the fifth season, complete with Emily drama & a Halloween parrot.

Shipper’s Digest 05: Halloween

33,000 Words

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Published: October 30, 2020
Publisher:
Rating:

MustangSally, Various (anthology), RivkaT

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Genres:

20K - 50K words (Novella), Seasons 1-3 (Early), Seasons 4-5 (Mid), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Various Seasons, Mulder/Scully Romance, Shipper's Digest - Trope Anthology

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Cover Artists:

Kimpa

A selection of steamy stories where our heroes do the horizontal hula at Halloween. Definitely Adults Only!!!

Scully in Black Leather by HavelockXF
Aloha Puddytat by DFantum
I'd Know You Anywhere by Yonada
The Grim Reaper by Amy McClure
The Treat of an Unexpected Trick by Sister X
Mind Candy by B Dipherowa
Urban Legends by SueBee
And Dance by the Light of the Moon by RivkaT & MustangSally
Master of Reality by Khyber

More treats than tricks. More pocus than hocus. It's probably not surprising that Mr & Mrs Spooky enjoy halloween. This is a bit of a mixed bag of stories. The majority are first time fics. Most are refreshingly light on plot, but there's a case file in there too. There's a lot of light-hearted fun to enjoy in this batch.

Normal Halloween & Winter by Branwell

45,000 Words

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Published: October 28, 2020
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Rating:

20K - 50K words (Novella), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Combined Series, Mulder/Scully Friendship, Mulder/Scully Romance

XFAuthors:

Branwell

Genres:

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Cover Artists:

bugs

Originally Posted:

1999

A Normal Halloween: This is a stand-alone story of Mulder's and Scully's
'normal' 1999 Halloween. Set after "The Sixth Extinction" but is a prequel for "Winter I: The Riddle"

Winter I: The Riddle: Mulder finds an X-file to distract him from the pain of Thanksgiving memories and Scully unexpectedly agrees to join him in investigating it. The experience turns into more than the simple diversion they planned. A darker mystery presents itself and threatens to expose more of their own emotions than they want to reveal.

Winter II: More than Glass: Mulder and Scully find themselves dealing with the issue they have successfully avoided for seven years -- their exclusive attachment to each other and their mutual physical attraction.

With this Halloween fic you get an extra Thanksgiving story, so keep that in mind when I forget to do one for Thanksgiving. 🙂

Branwell gives us a Mulder and Scully who have been worn down both from years of fighting malevolent forces and being unable to share the repeated trauma with anyone else without ridicule and disbelief. They're reluctant to trust anyone, including each other for fear of inflicting more pain. They're ruled by their own insecurity and question whether they can even trust themselves.

I don't mean to put you off at all; it's actually a very real Mulder and Scully considering what they've been through, and there is such beauty in their tragedy. Branwell doesn't put them through too much torture in these stories, but their actions and reactions are those of tortured souls. There is real feeling in the way they treat each other, and underneath it all there's their deep abiding love. Eventually they find what they need in each other.

Winter cover — WInter I & II dustjacket by bugs

Theresa at Mind's Eye has also done a couple of illustrations for Winter, which can be found on her website.

Winter Illustration by Theresa — Winter 1 by Theresa

Winter Illustration 2 by Theresa — Winter 2 by Theresa

All Hallow’s Eve series by Windsinger

192,000 Words

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Part of the All Hallow's Eve series:

All Hallow's Eve series by Windsinger
Messenger, The by Windsinger

Published: October 26, 2020
Publisher:
Rating:

100K+ words (Epic), Seasons 1-3 (Early), Seasons 4-5 (Mid), 50K+ words (Novel), Combined Series, Mulder/Scully Romance

XFAuthors:

Windsinger

Genres:

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7500 - 20K words (Longer Story), Seasons 8-9 (Next Generation), Mulder/Scully Romance, Part of a Series

Originally Posted:

1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Driving back to Washington on Halloween evening Mulder and Scully see strange lights in the sky over rural Maryland, stop to investigate, and find themselves spending a night they will not soon forget.

This one started out fairly painlessly, but Sue pushed the angst up each year as she added a new volume and sucked us in further. But wait, there's more! There's also a shorter story called "The Messenger" that works as an epilogue which I'll post separately as it fits into a few of the different universes that Windsinger was writing at the time. (There's a Cliff's notes guide to all the series involved at the end of that fic so you can follow it without having to read every story. )

Messenger, The by Windsinger

10,000 Words

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Part of the All Hallow's Eve series:

All Hallow's Eve series by Windsinger
Messenger, The by Windsinger

Published: October 26, 2020
Publisher:
Rating:

Parental Guidance (PG)

XFAuthors:

Windsinger

Genres:

Tags:

Angst, Canon compliant/interwoven, Established MSR, Holidays, Hurt/Comfort, Kidnapped/Abducted/Hostage, Mulder Torture, Mytharc, Pain & Suffering, Parallel Universe, Halloween

Cover Artists:

20K - 50K words (Novella), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Mulder/Scully Romance, Standalone

Originally Posted:

2000

In the midst of his unbearable suffering aboard the alien ship, Mulder reaches out and makes unexpected contact with an amazing ally. With the help of another old friend, the messenger sets forth. It's All Hallow's Eve and anything can happen.

This fic links together a few of the universes Windsinger was writing in. It works as an epilogue to the All Hallow's Eve series, but it slots into the My Travels with Charley series and features Jake from her two Red Shoe Diary crossover fics, Jake's Luck and Jake and Fox Join the Club.

According to Windsinger "This is one weird story. I'm posting it as a stand- alone because I can't figure out what series to put it under. It's especially for the fans of my 'All Hallow's Eve' series which I 'finished' over two years ago. Consider this an epilogue. In fact it will probably make much more sense to them then to anyone. I'm also placing it as Chapter V of 'My Travels with Charley' series (a little something for Dana.) To make things even more confusing, Jake of my two-novel Jake series (Jake of Red Shoes Diaries) also makes an important appearance. To help out everyone -- even for those who have read everything but who need a refresher -- a synopsis of what you need to know about All Hallow's Eve, My Travels with Charley AND Jake are included at the end of chapter 2 of The Messenger. Just for fun -- try to figure it out by yourself first. I dare you....

Lost Highway by Chesa B

35,000 Words

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Published: October 19, 2020
Publisher:
Rating:

Mature Audiences (M/R)

XFAuthors:

Chesa B

Genres:

Tags:

Action-adventure, Agents in peril, Angst, Casefile, Holidays, Pain & Suffering, Romance, Smut, Smuttin' Somewhere Reckless, Undercover, UST to RST (First time), Pretend Couple, Halloween

Cover Artists:

Originally Posted:

1999

Mulder and Scully end up getting the chance to re-discover the romantic aspects of going undercover- and also start to discover the mystery of Elk Grove.....

Gruesome child murders once again bring Mulder and Scully to a small town, this time for a long-term undercover assignment. Things get complicated in both good and bad ways as they try to catch their killer.

As far as I know, this story hasn't been generally available on the web for a long time, so I'm glad to make it available again.

Possessions Series by Angel

33,000 Words

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Published: July 8, 2020
Publisher:
Rating:

20K - 50K words (Novella), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Combined Series, Mulder/Scully Romance

XFAuthors:

Angel

Genres:

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Nothing more than smut…. And a little cuddling.
A little friendly bondage & more.
Mulder is in a bad mood and Scully must punish him.
Scully is creative.
A housewarming party
Wet and wild sex… some sugar… playing dress up… some more sex…
Mulder and Scully enjoy a quiet evening in the park =)
A climactic finish.

I'm pleased to say that I have all the webpages finished of the Orange Tabby Cat Recommends archive. There's just the chasing up of 250 missing story files left to do. I'm cheating a little by linking things that I've already uploaded here, so today's fic is one that I need for the OTC recs site.

All i can remember about this one is one certain scene, and that it's high in smut content. I'll have to have a skim through before I tag it properly. 🙂

... having now re-read it I'm surprised I only remembered one scene. Hoo-boy!

Haunted House by Analise

14,000 Words

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Published: August 5, 2019
Publisher:
Rating:

7500 - 20K words (Longer Story), No Era Given, Mulder/Scully Romance, Standalone

XFAuthors:

Analise

Genres:

Tags:

Action-adventure, Established MSR, Haunted House, Holidays, Humor, Mulder Torture, Stuck!fic, Halloween

Cover Artists:

Analise

Originally Posted:

1998

Mulder and Scully are forced to spend the night in a haunted house.

Analise does the 'stuck in a haunted house' trope with humour and flair. My favourite line had to be Mulder's "I've watched Scooby Doo... there should be lever around here somewhere..." (after which Scully finds it by accident). Analise is also a real proper artist and has the dustjackets to prove it.

Inebriation Series by BarenakedBostonian

25,000 words

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Published: July 22, 2019
Publisher:
Rating:

20K - 50K words (Novella), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Combined Series, Mulder/Scully Romance

XFAuthors:

BarenakedBostonian

Genres:

Tags:

Fledgling MSR Relationship, Fluff, Holidays, Humorotica, Oozing UST, Smut, Übersmut, Under the Influence, UST to RST (First time), Drunk!Mulder, Drunk!Scully, Halloween

Cover Artists:

Originally Posted:

2003

Some more trashy smut with no plot to concern yourself with. Probably best enjoyed drunk. I've included a link to the fanfiction.net version, however it's missing the final chapter.

Heineken: The first in the series, Mulder and Scully go out for some post-case drinks, primarily beer.
Merlot: Mulder and Scully discuss the happenings of the previous story, drink wine and eat salad and chicken.
Smirnoff: Another night with our two favorite agents. Substitute the wine for some vodka and shake...
Cuervo Gold: Mulder and Scully go to a Halloween party? With the Gunmen? Yes and yes, but it's believeable! With tequila, now we're getting somewhere!
Courvoisier: Mulder and Scully go out to dinner and don't get drunk! Okay, so they're a little tipsy, but he shows her how much she means to him.
Mike's Hard Lemonade*: A power hour and some Mike's hard lemonade... on a hot and sticky night.
Jello Shots*: Jello is just so jiggly! How much fun can Mulder and Scully have with it?
*written with TriplePirouette

My depression and anxiety have been troubling me for the past week or so, so I'm trying to self-medicate with some mindless drunkfic.

Tam Lin by Pequod

42,000 words

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Published: July 6, 2019
Publisher:
Rating:

20K - 50K words (Novella), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Mulder/Scully Romance, Standalone

XFAuthors:

Pequod

Genres:

Tags:

A nice trip to the forest, Action-adventure, Agents in peril, Angst, Casefile, FBI Ball/Other Event, Holidays, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Jealousy, Oozing UST, Romance, Separated/Reunited, Steamy Smut, UST to RST (First time), Halloween

Cover Artists:

Originally Posted:

2000

Myth and murder combine in a remote Scottish village and Mulder and Scully investigate.

Pequod gives us that ever-infuriating Mulder who withholds important details but gets away with it because he's adorable. The plot is strong, as is the UST, until PartyDress!Scully tips that over the edge. It's a well-written tale with the humour and banter that made me fall in love with Mulder and Scully, set in the beautiful Scottish countryside. And Kilt!Mulder even makes a cameo. 🙂

Calendar Girl Series by Jori

160,000 words

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Published: April 26, 2019
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