Checked Out on Halloween

A dual POV journey between a book-loving sweetie with dark fantasies and an obsessive masked man teetering on the edge of sanity—both drawn to twisted desires that shouldn’t exist… but cant resist.

At Nook & Fable, the little bookshop she calls home, Opal finds comfort in stories rather than real-life adventures. She’s happiest curled up with a dark romance, sipping pumpkin spice lattes, and letting fictional men steal her heart. But when Halloween night arrives she finds a rare spark of courage. Opal steps out of her comfort zone and into the crisp autumn air.

At a local costume party, she’s swept off her feet by a stranger dressed as one of her favorite book-boyfriends. Behind his mask, he feels like the embodiment of every book-lovers fantasy. Is fate offering her the romance she’s only ever read about?

Yet back at the shop, another possibility A thoughtful regular whose quiet charm and lingering smiles might be just as captivating—if only she’s willing to notice.

Caught between fantasy and reality, Opal must is her heart leading her toward a storybook romance or something even more real and lasting?

Curl up with cider, falling leaves, and a love story that’s hotter than pumpkin spice.