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Graves & Griggs: A Very Bloody Christmas

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It all started with a favor.
Now he is calling, and he's calling to collect.
When two worlds collide, two families combine under one roof and there is no telling what is in store.
One thing is for certain, when the Graves family meets the Gallows Hill crew, it's about to be a
Very Bloody Christmas.

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First published November 1, 2025

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Katelyn Taylor

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Katelyn Taylor writes dark and contemporary romance and is known for twisted love stories with toe-curling smut, heart-breaking angst & plot twists that keep readers up all night.

If you like your romance with a side of unhingedness & spice, get ready to cry from your eyes to your thighs.

Welcome to the Taylorverse!

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Profile Image for Smutty Little Books.
346 reviews226 followers
November 27, 2025
Gah! I loved this book SO MUCH! This was the perfect mashup of two of my favorite why choose families! Beautifully done and a well deserved 5 star read! I need so much more of this shared/mixed world.
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202 reviews533 followers
November 14, 2025
OBSESSED!!!! Absolutely devoured it, surprised I came up for air.

That kitchen scene nearly took me out 🥵🥵🥵

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126 reviews1 follower
October 24, 2025
THANK YOU TO KATELYN for this arc!! My thoughts??? I devoured this in one day. The queen has done it AGAIN. Another five stars (honestly I’m saying 6).

Wow. This was sooo SOOO good. What a perfect novella! I was laughing, and it was a great story for under 200 pages!

I’ve been reunited with my book boyfriends (Zayden, Vincent, Liam). And it did NOT disappoint for a minute.

This was such a SMUTTY good time! 💋

Also, Zayden is giving Art the Clown vibes (but hot guy vibes not mime vibes). All I gotta say is CANDY CANES.

The ending?!? 😋🤭🤭

This was amazingly executed and I had a great TIME.

I will never stop saying this, if Katelyn Taylor writes it…I WILL BE READING IT. 🤓
Profile Image for Courtney Hall.
125 reviews458 followers
October 23, 2025
GOD SO GOOD, anything Katelyn writes I EAT TF UP

This made me fall for Zayden even harder which I thought was impossible 🫠

If you love the gallows hill series & graves YOU WILL BE CONSUMED - the perfect cross over & the amount of times I laughed 😂😂💀 A very bloody smutty Christmas indeed 😌🎄🎅🏼

Profile Image for Paige (wingsandsmut).
917 reviews87 followers
November 12, 2025
What more could I want than more of my favorites from Gallows Hill & Graves! If you’ve loved these two before, I think you are absolutely going to devour this as well! Seeing both worlds was everything I didn’t know I needed! And I loved that we got POVs from more than just Zayden & Vincent - it really made this story so much better.

The audio for this was phenomenal! Performed in duet with a full cast including Amy Hall, Heather Firth, Sean Masters, Devon Ryder, Edward Black, and Sebastian York. They all did an amazing job with this one and I almost listened to it all in one sitting!

What to expect:
🩸Dark romance
❄️Why choose
🩸Unhinged MMCs
❄️Forced proximity
🩸Two worlds collide
❄️Touch her & die

Thank you so much to @katelyntaylorauthor & @bluenoseaudio for letting me listen & review this audiobook!
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206 reviews39 followers
October 28, 2025
Graves & Griggs by Katelyn Taylor 🪦❄️
ARC REVIEW - out Nov 1st

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🏠 Forced Proximity
😮‍💨 Romantic suspense
🤝🏼 Two words colliding
🌶️ Spicy as heck
🪦 Check triggers

Is there anything Katelyn writes that I don’t like? The answer is no. Katelyn has done it once again and produced something suspenseful, smutty, wholesome, chaotic, funny and entertaining in under 200 pages.

This truely is the crossover I didn’t know I needed. Now if you haven’t read Graves or The Gallow Hills trilogy then I highly suggest you go and read those first. I’m obsessed with all of these characters and the way Katelyn brought them together was so fun. The circumstances weren’t great but seeing the two families merge was let’s just say highly entertaining 😅

I love it how the only two women, Skyla and Blake were able to bond so well. The discussions of post partum depression is something not spoken about often in books so to see this be a focus was so important and I praise Katelyn for doing this. Blake was real and honest with her emotions and it absolutely can be a lonely dark scary time so i’m so glad Skyla was someone she could lean on.

Despite this being a smutty good time it was broken up with plot which was done well. I found the storyline interesting and I really didn’t want it to end. Katelyn has made some of my favourite characters ever and I seriously cannot wait to read more from this group. Having all the kids together made me melt…possibility of a second gen series? 👀
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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360 reviews69 followers
October 30, 2025
4.5⭐️|3🌶️

So damn happy to have Graves & Griggs back on my kindle. This book was a quick, fun, hot and completely unhinged read and I ate it up in a couple of hours. The banter between all the guys was hilarious and I loveeee Skyla & Blakes new, growing friendship. It was also nice to see theirs kids all together.

Thank you so much Katelyn Taylor for this ARC and I am ready for more!
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587 reviews71 followers
November 4, 2025
I loved being back with Zayden for this little story!! The spice was definitely spicing in this one!! The growth of friendship was so sweet, and that candy cane usage… let’s just say it was interesting. A fun, quick read that gave me exactly what I wanted from a festive return to these characters!
Profile Image for Dani.
296 reviews12 followers
October 27, 2025
I am going to try to keep this one short because it is a novella and I think you just need to go into this as blind as possible, but it is safe to say I devoured ever single page. If you have read Graves and/or The Gallows Hill trilogy and enjoyed them, there is no way you won't love this.

It felt so good to be back with all my babies! What a wild, fun and SPICY time. I honestly just want to read it all over again. Seriously my only complaint is that I need more, it was so good! Katelyn, just keep writing about these characters it's fine! I can never get enough.

This novella was everything I needed right now. The plot was giving even for such a short book, the spice was DELICIOUS and not just centered on a few characters, they ALL got their moments. I also loved the found family aspect and seeing the Graves brothers and the GH family come together, oh my heart. Oh, and can I just mention I laughed like crazy while reading this. It was funny as much as it was spicy and trust me, it was SPICY. I loved Blake and Skyla and their newfound friendship. I really found myself connecting with Blake so badly I just wanted to give her the biggest hug! Loved how the kiddos connected and I am begging for a second generation please and thank you.

Ok I said this wasn't going to be long and look what happened. Anyways, just take it from me and read this novella. It was truly the best time. I need more, like a whole series about these two families together.

Thank you, Katelyn, for the ARC. It was 100% my pleasure, Queen!
Profile Image for Theresse (Tess) Gregory.
408 reviews11 followers
November 2, 2025
“When you’re in my arms, know that you are the safest you could ever be.”

☠♥☠---ARC Review---♥☠♥

Katelyn had me hooked from the title alone; a story centered on Vincent Griggs and the Graves brothers? Sign me all the way up! Our two favorite psychos are back and teaming up for another round of unhinged chaos, and it’s every bit as wild and entertaining as you’d expect. If you loved the Gallows Hill Trilogy and Graves, this fast-paced, spicy, and bloody holiday novella is an absolute treat.

“They touched my family, and now I’m going to incinerate the godd*mn world to burn those motherf*cking rats out.”

From the first page, the action never let up; it was impressive how much Katelyn managed to pack into such a quick read. I tore through it in just a few hours and enjoyed every moment. The character interactions were a highlight for me: Skyla and Blake’s friendship was genuinely touching, and the banter and chemistry between all the guys, especially Vincent and the Graves brothers, were both hilarious and heartwarming. Aries and Ryder’s instant connection with Seraphina added an unexpectedly sweet layer, balancing the chaos beautifully.

“She’s the center of my universe, my entire reason for existence.”

Zayden’s unhinged humor had me laughing out loud more than once, and Liam continued to be his endearingly goofy self . Oh, and that kitchen scene? Absolutely jaw-dropping. Talk about there being heat in the kitchen! This novella was the perfect way to dive back into this universe and see where everyone ended up after their respective stories. It was chaotic, bloody, heartfelt, and fun in all the best ways. I can’t wait to see what Katelyn has in store for us next!
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Spice: 3.5/5

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Tropes:
♥ RH / Why Choose ☠
☠ Debt Paid ♥
♥ Unhinged MMCs ☠
☠ Creative Use of Candy Canes ♥

“I promise, I’ll never let the darkness take you again.”
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344 reviews10 followers
November 2, 2025
I NEED MORE! I DEVOURED Graves and the Gallows Hill series so being able to read this short story with multiple POVs from Skyla and her 5 guys, and Blake with her twins AND their kids! Ugh I loved everything about this book and need more! Especially of the next generation bc I love how Aries and Ryder became so close with Seraphina.
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31 reviews1 follower
November 7, 2025
LOVEEEEE that my Graves boys are back. I loved the crossover and hope there is going to be more to the story when the other babies are born and when Seraphina, Ryder, and Aries are grown! Love me some Katelyn Taylor- her spice is top notch
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72 reviews10 followers
December 11, 2025
Vincent and Zayden own my heart ❤️‍🔥
4,5⭐️
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59 reviews94 followers
December 16, 2025
Oh yes!!! So much action in this novella! And I got more of my Zayden! I missed him! I loved how the two words collided and the crossover worked!
9 reviews
November 6, 2025
This is a cross over story that we definitely needed. I was excited for it from the reading it in the books that Graves would be calling in his favor. Plenty of spice! Thank you for a great crossover!! I can’t wait for the next one! Thank you Katelyn for your books I love them all. I’m so happy to be an ARC for this one!!
Profile Image for Sarah | Sarahs_bookishlibrary.
137 reviews4 followers
December 10, 2025
ARC Review

𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞: 🌶️🌶️

Ahhhh this book made me so happy! Just what I needed to get into the holiday spirit! 🤭 I absolutely LOVED getting to be back with these characters.

The Graves family and the Gallows Hill crew colliding? EPIC. Watching their worlds blend together was everything I didn’t know I needed, my heart was full the entire time. Their families were so perfectly written, and I swear I’ll adore them forever. 😩

For a novella, it never felt rushed. The pacing was spot-on, the ending was satisfying, and it gave me the perfect little window into their lives after the original books.

And listen… I would never complain if Katelyn wanted to do this again. And again. And again. 🤣
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133 reviews5 followers
October 30, 2025
This book is what my dreams are made of. Zayden. Vincent. Zayden. Vincent. Zayden, again. A dash of Asher and Liam. Endless jealousy of Blake and Skyla. Swooning at Ronan and Wesley. And laughing at a frustrated Dominic. These characters are everything and bringing them all together is pure perfection.

I don’t want to give much away about the plot but just know if you’re a fan of either Graves or the Gallows Hill series, you will absolutely eat this shit up and love alllll the little insights into your favorite characters (and some new ones!) since this book is told from 10 POVs! And if you haven’t read those books yet, go read them and then come back and read this.

Read if you like
🩸seasonally themed deleting
🩸hot psycho mercenaries
🩸mfm meets mmmmfm
🩸eating competitions 🤭

Listen, there are so many more tropes and storylines, but I’m not creative enough to come up with PG descriptions, so read the CW/TW and enjoy the heaven that is Zayden and Vincent together again, and, the rest of the Graves/Gallow Hills men and women.

Thank you endlessly to Katelyn Taylor for access to this eARC and for creating my two favorite wife obsessed bat shit crazy mercenaries and allowing them to exist in the same universe.
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332 reviews24 followers
November 5, 2025
~Lc Review~
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶🌶

~Graves And Griggs~Katelyn Taylor~

~Full Cast Duet Narration~Amy Hall~Heather Firth~Sean Master~Devon Ryder~Edward Black~

~Production~Blue Nose Audio~

"Griggsy? I swear to God if Liam hears him call me that, it will become his entire personality, and then I’ll have to kill him, and Skyla will be seriously pissed with me."

♡Lets start this out by saying if Katelyn Taylor writes it I'm reading it! This was the mash-up my dark & twisted heart needed & man did Katelyn freaking deliver with this novella! After years of holding on to an owed favor Graves decides it's time to summon none other then Griggs. When two worlds collide you get a very bloody & smut filled Christmas!

The full-cast duet narration for this audiobook was absolute perfection! No one could have picked a better group of top-tier performers to narrate this mash-up! Each & everyone of these narrators is unique in their own way and brought their all in this amazing performance!

This novella definitely packed a smutty punch & if you loved The Gallows Hills Trilogy & Graves Katelyn delivered you the best Christmas present with this novella!♡

~As Always Happy Reading~
Profile Image for Lauren.
73 reviews4 followers
November 1, 2025
✨GRAVES&GRIGGS✨
𝒜 𝒱𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝐵𝓁𝑜𝑜𝒹𝓎 𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓈

What a hilariously, dark, bloody novella to get you in the holiday spirit and take you right back into a universe a didn’t know I so desperately needed.

If you haven’t read the Gallow Hills series, or Graves I do say it’s a must before diving into this.

I mean you can read it, but all the brother husband, head puppet, blood and guts talk you might just want to be in the loop.

I honestly think about Skyla and her men 24/7 and didn’t realize just how much I missed my favorite deranged twins and their Angel.

My favorite part besides picturing Zay dressed up as Santa was the bond between our main FMCs

And in true @kat form even in a filthy filthy f’d up dark novella she still can bring me to tears with simple line that hit me so hard in my feels.

We all know I’m head over heels in love with anything KT writes, and for the human she is.

I can’t recommend her shit enough, but this was the PERFECCTTTT amount of everything I needed to start the Holley season!!!
Profile Image for Cole Branham.
101 reviews2 followers
November 15, 2025
Hey everyone, we are back with another audiobook review and we are talking about the novella graves and griggs. This is the sequel to both graves and the gallows hill trilogy both by Katelyn Taylor. This is absolutely an amazing quick little sequel to both of the stories. It takes place six years after the ending of the gallows Hill book 3 with Zayden finally cashing in on the favor that Vincent owes him. it’s a quick super easy. Listen I absolutely had an amazing time getting to listen to this and I’m super thankful that bluenose allow me to get to do this after the release. We have so many of the original cast returning for this book. We have Amy Hall, Heather Firth, Edward Black, Sean Masters, Sebastian York, and Devon Ryder they all do amazing returning to these roles that I absolutely love to see them in. This book has all the great aspects of graves and the gallows hill trilogy. It’s got mystery. It’s got spice and boy does have spice. One of my favorite scenes is between Liam, Skyla, Blake and Zayden. I do highly recommend that you guys go check out this novella especially if both of these series were one of your absolute favorites.
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37 reviews9 followers
November 5, 2025
⭐️ 5/5
🌶️ 3/5

When this novella was announced I practically SCREAMED! My two favourite Katelyn Taylor MMCs in one book - honestly she spoils us!

This was a bloody good time! If you, like me obsessed over Zayden and Dominic in Graves and then the army of men in Gallows Hill (Vinny especially) you will eat this fkn book up!! This is a spicy dark Christmas crossover that you NEED in your bookish life!

It’s spicy af, unhinged as all hell, and will get you in the festive spirit! The banter between all of the characters had me giggling and the friendship that Skylar and Blake formed, i lovedddd ( let’s hope Zayden and Dom buy her that house down the road in Salem)🤭

What to expect
🖤Multiple POV
🖤Romantic Suspense
🖤Two worlds colliding
🖤Forced Proximity
🖤 Why Choose

Katelyn, im ready and waiting for more from these characters, i see the breadcrumbs you have left behind 👀👀
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175 reviews58 followers
December 23, 2025
•Dark Romance
•Why Choose
•V0yeurism/Exhibitionism
•Mercenary Work
••🩸 Play
•🔪 Play
•Breeding Kink
•Pregnancy
•🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

I needed this book like I needed air! I've been obsessed with Graves and Gallows Hill since reading them both. It's very hard NOT to think about these guys! The Graves brothers and the men of Gallows Hill all under one roof? Unhinged Perfection! Zayden is still unapologetically an unhinged psychopath even after becoming a father and husband. I’m so happy he called in that favor he gave Vincent all them years ago. These 3 worked together so well in my eyes. Even if they all bumped heads and didn't trust one another. Guys, the spice.. holy he|| 🥵. I really hope these 2 worlds combine again. Because, how it left off? It sure seems like there will be, and I'll be just as excited for that as I was for this!
1 review
October 27, 2025
This book isn’t sugar and spice and everything nice it’s more like sex, and sin and unhinged men and I absolutely ate up every single page of it 😝 I am already so obsessed with anything Katelyn Taylor writes but throw in Zayden and Vincent who just so happen to be two of my favorite MMCs and we have a book I just couldn’t put down 😏 Not only is this book packed with spice that will guarantee you a spot on Santa’s naughty list - it also delivers connection, bonding and so many laugh out loud moments sprinkled between all the chaos. If you’re looking for a short and sexy Christmas read with unhinged men, hilarious banter, and blood splattered bonding wrapped in tinsel then this is the book for you 😁
Profile Image for Tanya.
202 reviews20 followers
October 29, 2025
All my favourite men wrapped up in one spicy Christmas novella? Say Less 😏

I absolutely devoured this book. Two of my favourite worlds colliding and it just really hit the spot. If you've read Graves and The Gallows Hill trilogy, you are absolutely going to love this book.

Multiple POV which we love! The plot was giving for such a short book and of course the spice was off the charts, do we expect anything less from Katelyn?! I had a great time reading this, loved the found family aspect and loved seeing Blake and Skyla form a friendship. And the kids!! I cannot deal, so damn good. Not saying anything else, just go pick it up and read it for yourself. You won't be disappointed.

This was a smutty good time 🫦😏🤭
16 reviews
November 1, 2025
This was the mash up we all wanted and desperately needed & it couldn’t have been done better. KT made all our dreams come true with this one🖤 Gallows Hill is one of my god tier series’ & getting those precious babies back was such a gift. This book was a hilarious, nostalgic, bloody good time & I’m devastated I demolished it in one sitting. ALSO, if you know you know… we got a much needed, so long awaited + important moment between two very special boys. I absolutely adored this book + I am so insanely hopeful we get a million novellas like this one, because I will never be ready to let them go. ✨
Profile Image for Dee | myliteraryera.
200 reviews30 followers
January 7, 2026
‘𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦����𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠,..’

A smutty lil’ holiday novella by Katelyn?
More of the Graves brothers AND the Demise crew?
You know I jumped when I got this!

Graves is one of my favourite reads from KT and this book came at the perfect time. Absolutely everything you’d want from the KT universe and more of our favourite families 🙂‍↕️🖤

It was fast paced, HECTIC and very spicy!
YET, so wholesome as well. The guys as we all know are obsessed with their woman, of course.
Such a good way to come back to all these characters for the season!

‘𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤… 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮.‘

Profile Image for Heather Saizar.
124 reviews9 followers
November 2, 2025
If Katelyn Taylor writes it, I already know I’m going to love it and Graves and Griggs was no exception! With multiple POVs, this was SO FUN to read, and my attention stayed hooked the entire time. I absolutely loved this crossover and the interactions between the families—it added so much depth and humor. And let’s be real… Blake has two husbands and Skyla has five. This book was destined to be HOT!! Quick, fun, and deliciously smutty, this novella was the perfect holiday treat and an absolute must-read for Katelyn Taylor fans!
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