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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Gore, Child abuse (referenced), PTSD, Trauma, Violence, Death, Cult themes
Widdershins
by Jordan L. Hawk
Book 1 in Whyborne & Griffin
A repressed Victorian linguist and a charming ex-Pinkerton detective untangle Lovecraftian horrors while slowly untangling their feelings - gothic mystery meets tender M/M romance.
goodreads 4.09/5 9,953 ratings
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Length236 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 11 books
Spice4/5 · Explicit on-page with emotional intimacy focus
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Mutual pining
- M/M
- Medium burn
- High
- Explicit on-page with emotional intimacy focus
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Scholar/intellectual
- Slow burn
- Touch starvation
- Tension finally satisfied
- Secretly soft
- Forbidden love
- Tension
- Book hangover
- Mysterious stranger
- Hurt/comfort
- Anticipation
- Comfort reread
- Class difference
- Longing glances
- Protective love interest
- Eye contact intensity
- He falls first
- Neck kisses / neck touching
Fantasy promise
- Paranormal romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Historical
- Humans only
- Hidden past revealed
- Library
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- Paranormal
- Gothic
- Opposites attract
- Secret relationship
- Workplace romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Gay
- Mysterious
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- Suspenseful
- Queer
- Warm
- Mental health rep
- Romantic
- Engaging
- Brooding
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 236 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book