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 lingers: 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 decide: 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.