Clipping the Gargoyle’s Wings

by J.M. Dabney

Part of the Bloody Knuckles Bar & Grill series:

Clipping the Gargoyle's Wings

I was a runner, I'd disappear for days and come back to work like nothing happened. As a Gargoyle, I liked to stay in the shadows. I was used to the stares and snickers. I knew I wasn't sought after like the rest of Bloody Knuckles Crew. Claws and wings, fangs, yeah, I wasn't pretty, but I was nice, or at least I thought so. But I played the game, and no one needed to know what I did on my time away from the bar and community of trailers we lived in. No one needed to know about her. She treated me like I was normal, but friends was all she'd offer and I could deal…maybe.

Published: November 15, 2018
Publisher: Hostile Whispers Press, LLC
Editors:

Stephanie Carrano

Genres:

Interracial, Paranormal

Tags:

author - american, format - novella 15k-40K, format - self published, format - series, what - concept - sweet, what - emotion - love, what - sex - knotting, when - period - near future, where - general - bar setting, where - general - small town, where - region - us south, where - state - texas, who - description - crossdresser, who - description - friends, who - occupation - librarian

Pairings: M-F
Heat Level: 4
Romantic Content: 5
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay, Transgender
Tropes: Biological Urge to Mate, Fated Mates / Soul Mates, Friends to Lovers, InstaLove / Love at First Sight, Interracial Relationship
Word Count: 24000
Setting: Texas
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Same Universe / Various Characters

About the Author

USA Today Bestselling author J.M. Dabney is a multi-genre published writer of Body and Fat Positive Romance & Fiction. They live with a constant diverse cast of diverse characters in their head. They live for one purpose alone, and that’s to make sure everyone gets the happily ever after they deserve. There is nothing more they want from telling their stories than to show that no matter the package the characters come in or the damage their pasts have done, that love is love. That normal is never normal and sometimes the so-called broken can still be beautiful.

The author is Non-Binary and uses the pronouns They/Them.

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