đ©ž Our October '24 book picks are here
While theyâre in it til the final breath, these main characters are spilling way more than secrets in our October book picks!
The dangerously endearing fantasy romance book is a paranormal page-turner with a vampyre bride and Alpha werewolf meeting at the altar to uphold an alliance. Theyâre both in, no matter how hard it may be for these two mortal enemies to behave while existing in the same room. (You could cut the tension with a canine.) The vampyre? Sheâs in enemey territoryâright where she wants to be to solve a mystery of her own. The Alpha? Heâs in misery, and with these two walking the finest line between giving into trust & lust or falling into violence & vengeance, the stakes could knot be higher.
The contemporary romance book is a dark rom-com thatâs equal parts sinister and sizzling, with a truly unexpected meet cute turning into the competition of a lifetime (but since the competition isâŠmurder, perhaps âlifetimeâ is a poor choice of words). Two rival serial killers (he totally fangirls over her, but sheâs also heard of him too) embark on a grisly game (this oneâs dark! read the trigger warnings below and...my sincerest condolences to any cookies and cream lovers!). Throughout the madness and mayhem (including many, many moments thatâll have you LOLâing) these two may just realize theyâre playing for keeps.
Now onto these reads we know youâll be dying to sink your teeth into!
Our October Fantasy Romance pick:
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcastâagain. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchangeâagain...
Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. Itâs clear from the way he tracks Miseryâs every movement that he doesnât trust her. If only he knew how right he wasâŠ.
Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back whatâs hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territoryâŠalone with the wolf.
You can expect:
- enemies to lovers
- "Like this?"
- found family
Content warnings:
- death of several people within the context of a war between different species (vampires, werewolves, and humans) is mentioned
- several mentions of blood
- kidnapping
- mild violence
- poisoning and attempted murder
- attempted kidnapping/harming of a child (she is unharmed)
- death of a parent (off page in the past and off page in the present)
- explicit and graphic sexual content
- knotting (the MMCâs apparatus is not quite human?)
- cursing and vulgar language
- If there is a particular content theme that is triggering for you, we suggest doing additional research on the title to ensure your mental health.Â
Our October Contemporary Romance pick:
Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
Every serial killer needs a friend.
Every game must have a winner.
When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusiveâthe friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country. But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love.
Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves? Or have they finally met their match?
You can expect:
- he falls first
- "Wider."
- touch her/him and die
 Content warnings (from Brynne Weaver):
- Eyeballs and eye socketsÂ
- Amateur surgery
- Skin ornaments
- Chainsaws, axes, knives, scalpels - a lot of sharp objects
- Accidental cannibalism
- Not-so-accidental cannibalism
- Questionable use of a mummified corpse
- Lobotomized man servant
- Ill-advised use of kitchen implements
- Iâm sorry about the cookies and cream ice cream (Iâm not really)
- Detailed sex scenes which include (but are not limited to) cock warming, rough sex, praise kink, anal, adult toys, choking, spitting, dom/sub interactions, genital piercings
- References to parental neglect and child abuse
- Parental loss (not depicted - one parent murdered, one parent passed in child birth)
- References to child sexual assault (not in detail)
- Itâs a book about serial killers, so thereâs some generally messed-up murder and chaos
- If there is a particular content theme that is triggering for you, we suggest doing additional research on the title to ensure your mental health
