This article contains affiliate links to Amazon. Thank you for supporting The Game of Nerds.
Brat girl summer is over. It’s time for monster sucker autumn.
Grab a blanket, light a candle, and pour a glass of wine, your finest red, of course. Draw the curtains, lock the door, and let me tell you about a book or two (or five) that you can really sink your teeth into… Or it’s teeth into you.
‘Tis the season to take a risk. Embrace the thrill. And fall in love, for that might be the scariest thing of all.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been saving all your spooky books for the month of October. Vampires? Check. Werewolves? Check. Demons? Ghosts, goblins and ghouls? Check, check, and check. Anything and everything to get into the haunted, thrilling spirit of Halloween. The holiday and its plethora of delicious creatures are lingering just around the corner. Lurking. Watching. Always watching. But where there should be fear, you feel something else. Something you don’t want to name because you know you shouldn’t. Shouldn’t be naming it, shouldn’t be thinking it, shouldn’t be feeling it, but you also can’t deny it. The electric beat of your heart and the growing heat pooling somewhere far lower. All for that thing, that creature watching you like it wants to devour you. And maybe it does. Maybe—
Oh, sorry. I’m getting ahead of myself. And besides, it would be much better for you to hear it from the professionals themselves.
Trick or treat? I won’t make you choose. And neither will any of these fine, eligible, monstrous bachelors.
Meet the boys.
Corbin, the Scarecrow (Hayseed by Vera Valentine)
Loves corn on the cob and putting your abusive, misogynistic ex in their place.
When small farm town girl Maisie set off to enjoy the Harvest Festival with her boyfriend, she never would have expected her night to end fleeing from her drunk boyfriend through a cornfield in the dark, and certainly not stumbling into the arms of a scarecrow. But this scarecrow is no ordinary scarecrow, and when he offers her a dark bargain she cannot refuse, she starts down a path that will leave her hungry for corn on the cob for the rest of her life.
Arix, the Seven Foot Alien (Halloween Mating by Lyra Keys)
A possessive dom with a body that’s out of this world. Only interact if you’re willing to relocate, because once you’re mated, there’s no going back.
Samantha’s biggest fantasy is to boink an alien, so when Mr. tall, dark, and blue shows up at the same Halloween party her best friend dragged her to, she knows she has to take this opportunity before it passes her by. But little does she know, the costume doesn’t come off and now that her dream alien man has claimed her, she must face the consequences. But consequences are not always bad, especially when the bits below the belt are out of this world. Literally.
Luc, a.k.a. Satan (Knot Today Satan By Calliope Stewart)
Likes making deals and using everything at his disposal to fulfill your deepest desires, including cloning himself, because if there’s anything better than one sexy devil, it’s two.
Omega Eden Evans was only trying to use her art skills to help decorate for Halloween. She wasn’t trying to summon the devil. Certainly not a handsome devil hellbent on pleasuring her in every devilish way possible. And definitely not while being in heat. But whether it was an honest mistake, pure luck, or divine intervention, Eden is given the chance to make a deal with the devil, and it’s a deal she cannot refuse.
Jack, the Pumpkin Demon (Jack by Layla Fae.)
Has a bit of a stalking problem, but more than makes up for it with his long tongue and pumpkin spice flavored cream.
A demon ritual is not everyone’s first idea when it comes to love spells and an attempt at not spending Halloween alone. But Suzy isn’t like other girls. After performing a love spell in the hopes of summoning a perfectly hunky and safe dream daddy, Suzy is in the shock of a lifetime and a night she’ll never forget when Jack shows up instead, the pumpkin demon who has been watching her for two years, ready to fulfill her every monstrous desire.
Crow, the Crow-Shifter (Crow by Layla Fae)
Is looking for true love’s kiss to break his curse…and someone within which to lay his eggs.
Cursed to spend his days as a crow and nights as a monster, Crow knew his odds of finding true love’s kiss to break the curse upon him was low, if not impossible. Until Veronica. Until he starts to yearn for things he cannot have. Her touch. Her kisses. The release of his eggs into her womb. Until she’s attacked and he cannot watch harm come to her, and she isn’t nearly as afraid of him as he expected.
Pick your poison.
Five monstrously delectable men, all yours for the taking. The choice is yours, if you’re willing to take it. But be careful, because these men will bite back.
Sit back, relax, and have some fun. Happy Halloween!
