Category: Series Crossover

One Dark Night: A Spooky, Steamy Small-Town Romance Anthology by Various Authors

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One Dark Night: A Spooky, Steamy Small Town Romance AnthologyOne Dark Night: A Spooky, Steamy Small Town Romance Anthology by Andrea Jenelle

Tracy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars

Series: Standalone & Connected to Ongoing Author Series

Release Date: September 15, 2025

One Dark Night is a collection of spooky and steamy small-town romances, featuring the following novellas: No Ghosts by Andrea Jenelle, Scared to Love by Angi N. Black, Fascinated by His Fangs by Christi Barth, Love is a Thorn by Karson Dickinson, A Knight for Fears by Kay Lucas and One Little Dare by Nikki A. Lamers.

All the novellas are well-written and have varying levels of spookiness and steam, but if I had to pick my favorite it would be, Fascinated by His Fangs by Christi Barth, which is the story of Anthropologist and supernatural podcaster Lucy Hinton who has traveled to Badnaban PA, dubbed the “Scariest Town in the Country” for a Halloween podcast, which she hopes to have at the uber spooky MacKillop Mansion. She meets the mansion’s new owner, Duncan MacKillop, a lawyer from NYC who just inherited the property from a grandfather he never met. After getting over a frighting introduction to the mansion and the shock of learning the Duncan and most of the townsfolk are vampires, she agrees to work with Duncan to figure out the secrets of the house and the mystery of Life Art and shadow warriors. As the only novella written in the third person, I really enjoyed this story, it was the perfect blend of spookiness and steam, and I would love to read more about Lucy and Duncan.

Overall, this is a great collection of spooky and steamy romance novellas that are perfect for the Halloween season!

*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that I requested and was provided to me by the publisher/author. All opinions in this review are my own. *

Lady Elizabeth’s Winter Stranger by Anna Campbell

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Lady Elizabeth’s Winter Stranger (A Mayfair Christmas Romance, #2)Lady Elizabeth’s Winter Stranger by Anna Campbell

Tracy’s Rating:  4.5 of 5 stars

Series:  A Mayfair Christmas Romance, #2

Release Date:  September 30, 2025

After returning to London early to meet her family for Christmas, Lady Elizabeth Tierney is surprised to find a letter from her father waiting for her. The letter informs her that her brother is bringing his friend Stanton Morley-Bridges, Viscount Fairchild, who happens to be looking for a wife, to dinner and her father believes he would be a good match for her. Her father makes it clear that after four seasons and the rejection of numerous suitors, he has had enough and expects her to marry Stanton and if she refuses, he will ship her off to Scotland to be a companion to her Great-Aunt Agatha and her plethora of pugs. Elizabeth is enraged and needs time to process this turn of events and find a way to change her father’s mind before her family arrives. She decides to take a walk in the park, hoping no one will see her as it is Christmas morning.

She makes it to the park but begins to rethink her decision to go out alone, when she sees a man watching her and he offers to escort her home. She immediately refuses his assistance, but he is persistent. He introduces himself as Tom and makes her feel comfortable, so she agrees to walk with him. They spend a lovely morning together and she is sad to leave him and return to her family. They make plans to meet again the next morning, and she returns home right before her family arrives. She is now more determined than ever to defy her father and rebuff any courtship attempts Stanton Morley-Bridges might make and find her own HEA.

This was a sweet and spicy Christmas novella featuring several wonderful characters, including Lady Elizabeth, who has been in many of Ms. Campbell’s regency novels, yet never found her HEA, until now. I loved this story, it flowed so nicely and never felt rushed or unbelievable, despite being a novella. The story is a light, fun read with a bit of spice and a twist that will keep you flipping pages to find out how everything works out! This novella is a standalone title in the A Mayfair Christmas Romance series that is also loosely tied to the Scandal in Mayfair series.

*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that I requested and was provided to me by the publisher/author. All opinions in this review are my own. *