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Snowed Inn [With a Demon]
The holidays just got very haunted... Welcome to the Camden Inn. Famous for their beautiful snowy mountains, the world's best peppermint hot chocolate...
and oh yeah, being haunted.
Inn manager Tana thinks it's all bullshit, no matter how many bumps in the night she heard. After an awful experience with a ghost hunter, she’s sworn off ghosts and lovers. Until the day she gets snowed in with a very alluring new guest.
But what secrets is this new guy hiding?
Amon is very real. Though he isn’t a ghost, but a demon, feeding off the fear of others. And he’s been trying to scare the Inn manager since she started working there. Everything changes when he finally scares her and finds her fear is delicious , and he knows he must scare her again… And what better way than becoming a guest at the inn?
Snowed Inn (With a Demon) is a 30k novella featuring a socially awkward demon and a fiesty inn manager. You can expect high heat, fast pace, and an adorable cat. This story is standalone and does not have any cliffhangers. HEA guaranteed!
and oh yeah, being haunted.
Inn manager Tana thinks it's all bullshit, no matter how many bumps in the night she heard. After an awful experience with a ghost hunter, she’s sworn off ghosts and lovers. Until the day she gets snowed in with a very alluring new guest.
But what secrets is this new guy hiding?
Amon is very real. Though he isn’t a ghost, but a demon, feeding off the fear of others. And he’s been trying to scare the Inn manager since she started working there. Everything changes when he finally scares her and finds her fear is delicious , and he knows he must scare her again… And what better way than becoming a guest at the inn?
Snowed Inn (With a Demon) is a 30k novella featuring a socially awkward demon and a fiesty inn manager. You can expect high heat, fast pace, and an adorable cat. This story is standalone and does not have any cliffhangers. HEA guaranteed!
134 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 16, 2022
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About the author
L.E. Eldridge
18 books290 followersLexie is a paranormal romance author and avid reader from Upstate New York. She runs an editing and PA company Morally Gray Author Services and lives with her husband, dog Layla, and cat Swiper. When she's not reading (which is rarely) you can find her playing video games or looking for amazing indie bookstores and vintage shops. Lexie writes campy books full of smut with simp-y monsters looking for love.
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September 5, 2023
ATTENZIONE PICKPOCKET🚨 (my heart is stolen)
i'm adding this to my soft and awkward demon boi pile 🤍
this was a short novel about a sweet demon trapped in the Inn and the Inn manager 🤭 it's short but really cute. some of the things happened fast and everything works out for them but i loved that this made me feel good 😌
i highly recommend reading this🤩
If she asked him to destroy the world and remake it in her image, he would.
i'm adding this to my soft and awkward demon boi pile 🤍
this was a short novel about a sweet demon trapped in the Inn and the Inn manager 🤭 it's short but really cute. some of the things happened fast and everything works out for them but i loved that this made me feel good 😌
i highly recommend reading this🤩
If she asked him to destroy the world and remake it in her image, he would.
August 17, 2025
2.5/5
This was a strange one for me. I really liked the characters, actually adored the MMC, and the story itself was fun. Character-wise the read felt fluffy and gave me a good, cozy vibe. The character art was also absolutely adorable, I mean look at them.
My main issue with the book is that it felt like waking up and realizing you should have been at work an hour ago. The first forty percent moved along at an okay pace, but after that it lost me. A lot happened in very little space, without enough room for worldbuilding or deeper character growth.
I know this is a novella by an indie author, but especially in the last third it read more like a plot outline than a finished story. Some mistakes in grammar, spelling, and narration continuity were distracting and could have been avoided fairly easily.
If I were judging only the story and characters, this would be a solid four stars. Unfortunately, I could not connect with the writing style or pacing, so to be fair to myself and my other reads, it lands around two to two and a half stars.
This was a strange one for me. I really liked the characters, actually adored the MMC, and the story itself was fun. Character-wise the read felt fluffy and gave me a good, cozy vibe. The character art was also absolutely adorable, I mean look at them.
My main issue with the book is that it felt like waking up and realizing you should have been at work an hour ago. The first forty percent moved along at an okay pace, but after that it lost me. A lot happened in very little space, without enough room for worldbuilding or deeper character growth.
I know this is a novella by an indie author, but especially in the last third it read more like a plot outline than a finished story. Some mistakes in grammar, spelling, and narration continuity were distracting and could have been avoided fairly easily.
If I were judging only the story and characters, this would be a solid four stars. Unfortunately, I could not connect with the writing style or pacing, so to be fair to myself and my other reads, it lands around two to two and a half stars.
October 13, 2023
fluffy demon boi with social anxiety falls in love with a feisty curvy bi queen. what else can i say?
oh and there is a soft fluffy princess cat who is obsessed with the mmc.
it’s obviously 5 freaking stars.
oh and there is a soft fluffy princess cat who is obsessed with the mmc.
it’s obviously 5 freaking stars.
December 23, 2023
dec 23rd🎄👿
i'll do something terrible if someone calls me "snow bunny"
starting today dec 20th to 24th i'm going to start reading 5 christmas books but make it monster/paranormal romance🤭
i'll do something terrible if someone calls me "snow bunny"
starting today dec 20th to 24th i'm going to start reading 5 christmas books but make it monster/paranormal romance🤭
December 18, 2022
Short, fluffy, kinda bland. Not super developed/surface characters.
The concept is better than the result. Maybe if it was longer and any part of it was more developed....
As is, meh.
Amon is a demon, except demon is a paranormal species- not a religious/pits of hell thing. Again, more developed it could have been funny to read about him "haunting" the inn(the snippets of it were).
Tana runs the inn, goes to school online, has a bunch of half assed crafting hobbies. Kind of boring as a character.
They don't banter or flirt. Have to be told they're fated mates by the convenient witch friend. They're booooooorrrrrrrriiiiiiinnnnnngggg.
And because they're tepid bathwater the dirty bits are also meh. Room temperature. Describe all the oral ya want, you can't manufacture chemistry in the moment by declaring it's there.
Solid concept. Half still frozen microwaved hot pocket result.
The concept is better than the result. Maybe if it was longer and any part of it was more developed....
As is, meh.
Amon is a demon, except demon is a paranormal species- not a religious/pits of hell thing. Again, more developed it could have been funny to read about him "haunting" the inn(the snippets of it were).
Tana runs the inn, goes to school online, has a bunch of half assed crafting hobbies. Kind of boring as a character.
They don't banter or flirt. Have to be told they're fated mates by the convenient witch friend. They're booooooorrrrrrrriiiiiiinnnnnngggg.
And because they're tepid bathwater the dirty bits are also meh. Room temperature. Describe all the oral ya want, you can't manufacture chemistry in the moment by declaring it's there.
Solid concept. Half still frozen microwaved hot pocket result.
January 27, 2024
Words were present….some were grammatically correct.
April 23, 2025
Snowned inn with a demon by L.E Eldridge
WELP now I’m delulu for a 7ft tall demon so do with that what you will 🤪but I’m a monster romance girly now GOBBLE GOBBLE Woot Woot
rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
WELP now I’m delulu for a 7ft tall demon so do with that what you will 🤪but I’m a monster romance girly now GOBBLE GOBBLE Woot Woot
rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
June 23, 2025
2.75⭐️
I somewhat enjoyed this, but there were too many things that got on my nerves and I found myself rolling my eyes the whole time.
The nickname he gave her was not it… Snow-bunny? I cringed so hard the first time I heard it!
The grammar and spelling were horrific and really took me out of the story.
Also, kinda random because I really don’t care one way or the other, but was Binx a male or female cat? I was so confusing because it the same sentence, they would call it He and She, and I kept getting confused about who they were talking about! If the author wanted to keep the cat gender neutral, then maybe you It or They? Pretty sure it was that pesky bad grammar I mentioned earlier because this happened a lot lol
Anyways, it was a cute concept but badly executed
I somewhat enjoyed this, but there were too many things that got on my nerves and I found myself rolling my eyes the whole time.
The nickname he gave her was not it… Snow-bunny? I cringed so hard the first time I heard it!
The grammar and spelling were horrific and really took me out of the story.
Also, kinda random because I really don’t care one way or the other, but was Binx a male or female cat? I was so confusing because it the same sentence, they would call it He and She, and I kept getting confused about who they were talking about! If the author wanted to keep the cat gender neutral, then maybe you It or They? Pretty sure it was that pesky bad grammar I mentioned earlier because this happened a lot lol
Anyways, it was a cute concept but badly executed
November 10, 2023
3/5
Дуже мила, тепла і наївна історія про демона страху, який насправді зовсім не страшний, а добрий і хороший та сильну й самодостатню жінку, яка обпеклася в минулих стосунках.
Книга змушувала посміхатися час від часу іноді від милих моментів, бувало й від безглуздих, але в цілому мені сподобалося, а тут ще й троп споріднених душ, який я обожнюю😍. Але, якби історія була трохи більшою, було б краще, бо деякі події занадто швидко відбувалися, що виглядало не дуже правдоподібно. Проте, цю історію потрібно прочитати хоча б заради Амона, він бусінка.
Дуже мила, тепла і наївна історія про демона страху, який насправді зовсім не страшний, а добрий і хороший та сильну й самодостатню жінку, яка обпеклася в минулих стосунках.
Книга змушувала посміхатися час від часу іноді від милих моментів, бувало й від безглуздих, але в цілому мені сподобалося, а тут ще й троп споріднених душ, який я обожнюю😍. Але, якби історія була трохи більшою, було б краще, бо деякі події занадто швидко відбувалися, що виглядало не дуже правдоподібно. Проте, цю історію потрібно прочитати хоча б заради Амона, він бусінка.
November 9, 2023
мила коротенька історія, яку можна з легкістю проковтнути за один день.
загалом мені багато що сподобалося, але надто, надто мало. якби такий сюжет розписати на повноцінну книжку, то вийшло б дуже навіть нічого, а так все сталося швидко, я не встигла повністю зануритися в історію, як вона вже закінчилася.
Тана та Амон – комфортна пара, спостерігати за цим вогником між ними було цікаво. варто прочитати за чашкою кави.
3/5
загалом мені багато що сподобалося, але надто, надто мало. якби такий сюжет розписати на повноцінну книжку, то вийшло б дуже навіть нічого, а так все сталося швидко, я не встигла повністю зануритися в історію, як вона вже закінчилася.
Тана та Амон – комфортна пара, спостерігати за цим вогником між ними було цікаво. варто прочитати за чашкою кави.
3/5
January 7, 2024
Милота є
Сюжет є
Демон є
Я вважаю це прекрасно)
Сюжет є
Демон є
Я вважаю це прекрасно)
November 16, 2024
Fated to a demon? Sick
December 28, 2023
Rated 4.5 ⭐️ because it was absolutely a great time!
Well this was a pleasant surprise and definitely a good time! Gimme a demon hero that imprints, feeds off the fear of others and can smell his mate’s well, you know😉—I am ALWAYS in!
Meet Amon. He’s a demon that’s been trapped in this inn by a witch for years. He scares the guests and feeds off their fear. One day a woman named Tana starts managing the inn and he is instantly besotted with her. Her scent is unlike any other especially when she gets scared.
One day he decides to use glamour and make himself human, checks into the inn and starts spending time with Tana. Everyone gets snowed in, the roads are blocked. Is this fate? YES!
Throw an ambidextrous tail in there and knotting 🪢 and you’ve got quite the delicious spicy concoction. Plus Amon makes me melt everytime he calls her “snow bunny.”
There’s a particular scene that I especially liked that involves a chase scene and a romp in the woods 😮💨. A good chase scene where that primal dominance kicks in always gets me good.
Bottom line—this was 124 pages of the absolute best time reading by my Christmas tree and squirming in my seat.
Happy reading! Don’t forget to click the extra bonus short—Christmas in Noel. Yummy!
Well this was a pleasant surprise and definitely a good time! Gimme a demon hero that imprints, feeds off the fear of others and can smell his mate’s well, you know😉—I am ALWAYS in!
Meet Amon. He’s a demon that’s been trapped in this inn by a witch for years. He scares the guests and feeds off their fear. One day a woman named Tana starts managing the inn and he is instantly besotted with her. Her scent is unlike any other especially when she gets scared.
One day he decides to use glamour and make himself human, checks into the inn and starts spending time with Tana. Everyone gets snowed in, the roads are blocked. Is this fate? YES!
Throw an ambidextrous tail in there and knotting 🪢 and you’ve got quite the delicious spicy concoction. Plus Amon makes me melt everytime he calls her “snow bunny.”
There’s a particular scene that I especially liked that involves a chase scene and a romp in the woods 😮💨. A good chase scene where that primal dominance kicks in always gets me good.
Bottom line—this was 124 pages of the absolute best time reading by my Christmas tree and squirming in my seat.
Happy reading! Don’t forget to click the extra bonus short—Christmas in Noel. Yummy!
May 2, 2025
This was my first L.E. Eldridge book and I am all in!
This was such a wonderful and interesting story.
I loved it and cannot wait to read more from them!
So excited I impulse purchased two more of their books, who can resist adorable covers?
This was such a wonderful and interesting story.
I loved it and cannot wait to read more from them!
So excited I impulse purchased two more of their books, who can resist adorable covers?
October 1, 2023
Якщо ви хочете побачити демона страху як солодку булочку - вам сюди.
Якщо ви хочете тему fated mates з демоном - вам сюди.
І якщо хочете засніжений готельчик з можливими привидами в середині - вам сюди.
Прочитана не в сезон, але я рада, що її прочитала і що вона дала відчуття теплоти)
Якщо ви хочете тему fated mates з демоном - вам сюди.
І якщо хочете засніжений готельчик з можливими привидами в середині - вам сюди.
Прочитана не в сезон, але я рада, що її прочитала і що вона дала відчуття теплоти)
December 18, 2024
A fun quick read. Spicy scenes weren't too descriptive, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. A fun novella to read. I need my own Amon!
December 9, 2024
4 ⭐️s
HE USED HIS TAIL TO WHAT?!! 😅
Ngl this was lowkey adorable 🥹
HE USED HIS TAIL TO WHAT?!! 😅
Ngl this was lowkey adorable 🥹
September 6, 2025
5🌟
This was a very cute, cozy, short romance about a haunted Inn. It definitely has spice. The characters were fun. This was a blast to listen to, and I finished it in 1 day.
This was a very cute, cozy, short romance about a haunted Inn. It definitely has spice. The characters were fun. This was a blast to listen to, and I finished it in 1 day.
November 23, 2024
2⭐️ Moaning snow bunny...
tropes: holiday romance, fated romance, forced proximity | medium steam | audio
🎄Overall Thoughts🎄
I've been in the mood for another holiday romance, this time the monstrous kind! Tana is an inn manager and Amon is a fear demon trapped to haunt it. Tana ignores his scare tactics and Amon is determined to scare her. After finally tasting her fear, he decides to pose as a guest in order to interact with her more. I loved the concept of this novella! But the romance didn't click for me. I didn't feel any chemistry between the leads and then boom fated mates. I couldn't deal with the "snow bunny" nickname. In black culture, it means a white woman who only dates black men in a real fetishized way and to hear it as a cute nickname made me giggle and cringe.
tropes: holiday romance, fated romance, forced proximity | medium steam | audio
🎄Overall Thoughts🎄
I've been in the mood for another holiday romance, this time the monstrous kind! Tana is an inn manager and Amon is a fear demon trapped to haunt it. Tana ignores his scare tactics and Amon is determined to scare her. After finally tasting her fear, he decides to pose as a guest in order to interact with her more. I loved the concept of this novella! But the romance didn't click for me. I didn't feel any chemistry between the leads and then boom fated mates. I couldn't deal with the "snow bunny" nickname. In black culture, it means a white woman who only dates black men in a real fetishized way and to hear it as a cute nickname made me giggle and cringe.
May 11, 2024
Reseña breve:
2.5
Me ha gustado, sin embargo, mis expectativas con la novela eran muy contrarias a la que he me encontrado. (Tampoco me voy a quejar demasiado porque al final me ha gustado).
Digamos que mis expectativas contemplaban una novela con tintes oscuros y un demonio con una moralidad cuestionable. Sin embargo, la realidad es una especie de comedia romántica donde todo pasa en pocas páginas y tampoco había un problema mayor que se debe solucionar.
En fin, voy a seguir leyendo porque me gustaron los personajes y la autora tiene títulos que han captado mi atención.
¿Que voy a decir? no tengo remedio con estas novelas.
2.5
Me ha gustado, sin embargo, mis expectativas con la novela eran muy contrarias a la que he me encontrado. (Tampoco me voy a quejar demasiado porque al final me ha gustado).
Digamos que mis expectativas contemplaban una novela con tintes oscuros y un demonio con una moralidad cuestionable. Sin embargo, la realidad es una especie de comedia romántica donde todo pasa en pocas páginas y tampoco había un problema mayor que se debe solucionar.
En fin, voy a seguir leyendo porque me gustaron los personajes y la autora tiene títulos que han captado mi atención.
¿Que voy a decir? no tengo remedio con estas novelas.
November 15, 2024
Perfect lil book to kickstart the holiday season reads 🩷 Amon is SO CUTE I love a tall af demon who’s nervous around his crush 😭🩷 but he still do a protec!!!!
I can relate to Tana with her customer service voice lmao she’s a great fmc, mature and not overthinking things and dtf a sexy red mountain of a demon. no complaints xoxo
I can relate to Tana with her customer service voice lmao she’s a great fmc, mature and not overthinking things and dtf a sexy red mountain of a demon. no complaints xoxo
March 25, 2024
So cute
This was a very cute short and sweet read. I can't wait to read the next book in the series!
This was a very cute short and sweet read. I can't wait to read the next book in the series!
December 17, 2022
I got this as an ARC. It was a quick - cute read. Easy on the spice. Lots of build up and tension though. Has a good feel around it and was def a book to enjoy for the holiday season. Not my usual read but still made me smile
March 10, 2025
This was an easy, cozy read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It follows our MMC, who works at an Inn that gets snowed in. She has a demon, our MMC following her in this haunted inn, but she doesn't believe in ghosts, and demons are not the same. He moves things and tries to scare her, but she isn't afraid. He manifests as a human, and within like 3 sentences shared, they are already on top of each other and falling in love. The story unfolds at a great pace for such a small book.
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October 20, 2023This was a cute, festive, and quick read. I adored Amon and would love to see these two together again.
March 8, 2025
Snowed Inn (with a Demon)
Trapped with a Monster, Book 1
I Picked Up This Book Because: Whim.
Media Type: Audiobook
Source: Everand
Dates Read: 3/5/25 - 3/6/25
Stars: 4 Stars
Narrator(s): Ash Beverly and Louise Brenner
The Characters:
Tana:
Amon
Various guest and the Inn and employees
The Story:
A quick adventure. A little unhinged, a lot spicy and overall a good time.
Trapped with a Monster, Book 1
I Picked Up This Book Because: Whim.
Media Type: Audiobook
Source: Everand
Dates Read: 3/5/25 - 3/6/25
Stars: 4 Stars
Narrator(s): Ash Beverly and Louise Brenner
The Characters:
Tana:
Amon
Various guest and the Inn and employees
The Story:
A quick adventure. A little unhinged, a lot spicy and overall a good time.
February 1, 2025
"Oh gods," she cried. "No gods here. Just a little bunny and her demon."
Amon and Tana were the cutest! Easy, quick and lighthearted read!
Only thing I didn't like was how Tana's family treated her and it was just kinda left unresolved. Her parents were jerks!
Amon and Tana were the cutest! Easy, quick and lighthearted read!
Only thing I didn't like was how Tana's family treated her and it was just kinda left unresolved. Her parents were jerks!
November 24, 2023
This book was like a mug of hot chocolate. Sweet, cozy, and exactly what I needed to kick off the holiday season.
May 5, 2025
Enjoyed this one just as much as Eldridge's other novellas. The story was a great mix of sweet and spicy and really enjoyed the characters.
August 30, 2025
He's a ghost who is actually a demon who is actually her fated mate. Totally worked for me
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