Slaying for Sloan

Wrecked #3

by Melissa McSherry, Dana LeeAnn

The third installment in the Wrecked series, featuring Sloan. This novella can be read as a standalone.He is my hunter in this twisted game. I am his prize, and he’s hungry to claim me.
This Christmas was supposed to be special, but without my best friend by my side, it feels like a cruel joke. I thought spending the holidays with my boyfriend’s family would fill the void, but after a fight that escalated too far, I was ready to pack my shit and leave.

Until I woke up on Christmas Eve morning to a surprise─a pretty black box holding the key to his family's church, complete with instructions for a game he’s set up for us to play.

The rules are

1: If he catches me once, he gets to eat me.

2: If he catches me twice, I have to suck him.

3: If he catches me a third time, he gets to fuck me.

4: If he catches me all three times AND beats me to the church, nothing is off limits.

Primal playTouch her and freezeSlay for herMorally grey MMCCreative use of Christmas decorA full list of content advisories will be listed on Dana's website, but expect this novella to be dark.

Genres: Dark Romance, Christmas, Dark, Novella, Holiday, Romance, Halloween

152 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 26, 2024

About the author

When Melissa isn't writing about delulu men, she is chasing kids, cleaning, or downing her fifth coffee of the day. She loves dark romance, especially dark fantasy romance, with possessive men, lots of gore, and the right balance of 'WTF' moments and spice!

Reviews

[Noa · Rating 5 out of 5]

"It's like a game - a game I know she's already lost, even if she hasn't realized it yet."

Sloan thought that spending the holidays with her boyfriend and his family would help fill the void.
Help distract her from not being with her best friend.
But things turn from bad to worse after a fight escalated too quickly.
Things were done. Things that should not have happened.
But to Sloan's surprise come Christmas morning…
A black box under the tree - with specific instructions.
Instructions for a game Sloan things Alex planned.
A primal game.
But things are about to get much more twisted.
If he catches her, nothing is off-limits.

"She things she's walking into her fairytale. But soon enough, she'll know exactly who's waiting for her at the end of this story, and it's not her prince charming."

I received an advanced reader's copy in exchange for an honest review 🎄❄️💋

"Run. I'll give you a ten-second head start. Go, because round two just started."

OMG does this duo know how to write erotic holiday novellas to save their lives!! This book just sucks you into a winter wonderland of amazingness, spicyness, twists and turns and I could not get enough!! I immediately devoured it and just kept wanting more!! This holiday season I cannot be more thankful for this due and for this book. Happy holidays everyone (stay smutty 😜😜) ❄️🎄🔥💖

"This Christmas, you’re going to give me the only gift I desire. You’re going to fucking break for me."

Who wanted another smutty rock Christmas playlist? Coming right up 😇😇

(Link - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/77O... )

🎶 "Santa Tell Me" - Conquer Divide
🎶 "FINAL GIRL (too pretty to die)" - PI3RCE
🎶 "HOLIDAY" - Lil Nas X
🎶 "All I Want For Christmas Is You" - Halocene
🎶 "Church" - Fall Out Boy
🎶 "Hot Gum" - SOFIA ISELLA
🎶 "salvation" - Christabelle Marbun
🎶 "Us and Pigs" - SOFIA ISELLA
🎶 "SWINE" - Demi Lovato
🎶 "nameless" - Stevie Howie
🎶 "Stalker's Tango" - Autoheart
🎶 "Black Sheep" - Metric, Brie Larson
🎶 "Devil Devil" - MILCK
🎶 "stalker" - Stevie Howie
🎶 "engravings" - Ethan Bortnick
🎶 "Merry Axe-Mas" - Ice Nine Kills
🎶 "This Christmas (I'll Burn It To The Ground" - Set It Off
🎶 "RUNRUNRUN" - Dutch Melrose
🎶 "Raging on a Sunday" - Bohnes
🎶 "I Was Made For Lovin' You" - YUNGBLUD
🎶 "Gangsta - Harley Quinn & Joker Flashback Version" - Kehlani
🎶 "Crazy" - Snow Wife
🎶 "Bad Child" - Tones And I
🎶 "Twisted" - MISSIO
🎶 "Blue Christmas" - Misfits
🎶 "Smoke - Remix" - BOBI ANDONOV, Son Lux
🎶 "Overnight x Le monde" - surround, (((())))
🎶 "A Work of Art" - Ice Nine Kills, SHAVO
🎶 "Every Breath You Take" - Chase Holfelder
🎶 "Hungry Like the Wolf - Epic Trailer Version" - Hidden Citizens, Tim Halperin
🎶 "LET THE WORLD BURN" - Chris Grey
🎶 "Beauty" - Layto
🎶 "Mine" - Sleep Token
🎶 "Cravin' (Remixed)" - Stileto, Kendyle Paige
🎶 "American Horror Show" - Rain Paris
🎶 "Teeth" - Lady Gaga
🎶 "Taste" - Ari Abdul
🎶 "Eat Your Young" - Arankai
🎶 "Chokehold" - Sleep Token
🎶 "Chokehold" - Austin Giorgio
🎶 "Treat Me Like A Slut" - Kim Petras
🎶 "Shivers" - No Resolve
🎶 "Toxic Pony" - ALTEGO, Britney Spears, Ginuwine
🎶 "Do It For Me" - Rosenfeld
🎶 "Feel Like GOD" - NIKKO, Kiraw
🎶 "Moonlight Magic" - Ashnikko
🎶 "Like A God" - Lia Maria Johnson
🎶 "Let It Snow" - Civil Youth
🎶 "Lose Control" - Teddy Swims
🎶 "Crazy" - Natalie Jane
🎶 "WONDERLAND" - Neoni
🎶 "Winter Wonderland" - Plain White T's
🎶 "O Holy Night" - Eva Under Fire, The Retaliators
🎶 "Silent Night" - Lyric Noel
🎶 "Dangerous Woman" - Ariana Grande
🎶 "Carol of the Bells" - Ashnikko
🎶 "Scream" - Besomorph, RIELL
🎶 "HEARTBEAT" - Isabel LaRosa
🎶 "R U MINE?" - Arctic Monkeys
🎶 "GASOLINE" - Maneskin
🎶 "Santa Baby" - Wolf Alice

And spicy is what you're going to get 🌶️🌶️🌶️

"God, you feel so fucking good. You like that? You like how deep I can go?"

"That's it, sweet doe. Fucking break for me."

"You’re such a good little slut for me, aren’t you? Come on, I wanna hear you beg for it."

🎄 Tropes 🎄

🩸Erotic Horror
🩸Christmas Holiday Novella
🩸Dark Romance
🩸Primal Play
🩸Small Town
🩸Twists

Book Edit - https://www.instagram.com/p/DCo3fx7A8...

[♥Milica♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

“You were never meant to be his, my sweet doe.” My voice is soft, and the words come out like a caress. “You were always meant to be mine.”

OKAYYYY, WE ARE BACK IN BUSINESS FOLKS!! Slaying for Sloan was actually better than Carving for Cara and Little Nightmare combined, who would've thought.

A large part of that is definitely due to Asher, who was a really great love interest, he knew how to treat Sloan right / the way she wanted to be treated and made sure she would always be safe (unlike Alex, ahem).

I had a feeling it would end the way it did, for maximum cliffhanger effect, and I'm not mad about it. Even though the next book isn't due till December...but I'll absolutely be reading it when it drops.

Also, I like how it feels like a standalone, despite being set in the same world as Cara's story, as they're best friends etc. You truly don't need to have to read those books to enjoy this one.

[Jan (Kavanagh's wifey) · Rating 4 out of 5]

ARC Review

My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Spice rating: ⭐⭐⭐/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The story of this book revolves around a lady, Sloan. She is spending Christmas with her boyfriend (who's a bitch), but they argue and break up. But the next morning she receives a gift with instructions for a game (which is totally unholy).

This book is a dark romance novella and some people may not like it as it is very dark but I love reading such books so I totally enjoyed reading this book.

This book is similar to the Cat and Mouse duet but less unhinged.

[destiny · Rating 4 out of 5]

HI HELLO ?? IM GOING FERAL !!!

this next book in the wrecked series absolutely EATS !! thank you so much dana and melissa for giving me the chance to arc read ❤️‍🔥

if you’re a fan of dark christmas erotic horror novella, revenge plot, small religious town, plot twists, masked man, primal play, suspense, fast paced, morally grey, unhinged, short and spicy, immediately get this on your tbr 😍

sloan, who is cara’s (carving for cara) best friend, is spending the holidays with her boyfriend and his family to help fill the emptiness she feels being without her best friend. she’s trying to make the best out of it. but she is not the type of girl who listens and obeys. she is free spirited and wants an adventure. when they get into a fight, things quickly took a twisted turn and sloan finds herself in a surprise primal game come christmas morning 🤭 and boy did this game have me begging to be her !!!

asher … i want him now. i want him forever. he is dark haired, morally grey, unhinged asf, touch her and you die, got tattoos, and masked 😍 just when you think it couldn’t get anymore twisted, this man literally gave her four rules:

1. if i catch you, i eat you
2. if i catch you twice, you have to suck me
3. if i catch you three times, i get to fuck you
4. if i catch you three times and get to the church before you, nothing is off limits

raw. next question.

🌶️🌶️🌶️

[Dana LeeAnn · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars because I’m Melissa’s biggest fan ✨🎄🔪

[Kay Jay · Rating 4 out of 5]

EXCUSE ME! Why is this a novella? I need more. I need more details, more explanations, more, more, more. Yes, this is me whining like Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Lol

So much was happening at lightning-pace speed, and I wanted more! More to slow it down so I can savor every juicy bit. I'm actually very surprised with everything that was thrown into this novella. It was pretty 'complete' in a really good novella way.


Story: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
Audiobook Narrators: N/A - Physically Read
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (4/5) Open Door, Trigger Warning, That tree scene!

[Amoyisreadingxoxo · Rating 5 out of 5]

SOMEONE HOLD ME😭

𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐝𝐝𝐝𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, because the next installment of the Wrecked Series is here and it has us FERAL more than ever for Sloan & Asher😩

The way this man said that’s my woman, and I’m going to merk ANYONE who stands in my way? No matter what the cost is or stakes of killing this person?! SIRRRRR we are obsessed with you🙂‍↕️

It wouldn’t be a Melissa and Dana book without a truly brutal ending LMAO, so thank you queens for constantly keeping us on our toes hehehe😌

𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒
🔪Erotic Horror
💀Christmas Novella
🔪Revenge
💀Primal Play
🔪Small Town
💀Twists & Turns

[Kendra Renae · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think I’m color blind the red flags look green🙃

Asher baby you on mamas Christmas list come home honey the kids miss you lol . My girls ate up yet another novella and I am not at all surprised . Sloan has just been craving her own lover that’s obsessed with her and she got it . Even tho it’s not the man she thinks it is . Hello twin brother Asher😍 . Sucks this ended on a cliffhanger , but I was warned so I won’t complain lol

[Livvy E · Rating 5 out of 5]

Asher Adams is positively delicious. He’s insane, psycho, and oh so very merry. He loves to play games and is everything you want as a boyfriend in a murder-y stalker Christmas novella. He is also very simple he only has 4 rules, love a man who is to the point, who knows how to treat a woman, and who also takes control. Also who doesn’t want to be chased through a religion-loving small town being fvcked in varying places?
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Tropes
❤He's obsessed
🔪Touch her and Freeze (💀)
❄️Revenge
❤Primal Play
🔪St@lking
❄️Small Town
❤Cat & Mouse game
🔪Ex Boyfriends Brother
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Trigger Warnings (That I noticed)
-Primal Play
- Religious Themes
-Child Abxse (Remembered)
-Domestic Abxse (on Page)
- Explicit Scenes (Chapter 6, 9, 11, 13, 14)
- Mxrder
-Slight public s3x
- Gore
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I have never read a book so dark and twisted, but also Christmas-y. Don’t get me wrong I see the TW list as a checklist, so I 100% ate this up and loved this as my first holiday book of the season. I loved the cute holiday cheers mixed with an obsessive twisted man, who is willing to do anything for her and hurt Anyone who disrespects her or is a little bitch. (cough Alex cough) This book gave The Nightmare Before Christmas type of vibes like we can’t tell if this is a holiday or Halloween novel, but if you are like me Nightmare Before Christmas is totally acceptable during both spooky and snowy seasons. I am SO excited for the continuation of this duet (I think it’s a duet). The cliffhanger that I was left on, I need to know what Sloan thinks about her boyfriend's big brother (Who is 1000% better than him) fvcking the life out of her, while she didn’t even know it was him, mmmmmm very delicious indeed.

This is the first book I have ever read from Melissa or Dana but that won’t stay like that for long. I going to go read Craving for Cara and Little Nightmare right now.

I did receive a free copy of this book as an ARC reader, this in no way changed my opinion of the novella I read in an hour.

[Declan Odonnell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow this book was everything and more I devoured this book in a day!!!!! If you have not read anything by Melissa and Dana this is your chance everything they write is amazing.

I absolutely loved learning about Sloan and I absolutely love her she is one of my favourites. I will forever love Cara but Sloan is right next to her.

The spice was giving and I eat it up!!!!! The gingerbread house scene iykyk!!!!!!

Also that cliffhanger I need book 2 now!!!!!!

5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Jessie ツ · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐️- 2.5
🌶️- 2.5

Ugh! I wanted to devour this but it dragged tbh :(

———BLURB———
When u go to meet ur bfs strict, hypocritical, & tyrannically religious parents but they don’t like u. And, u have a fight w ur bf so, unbeknownst to u, his estranged twin brother (that u didn’t know exists) takes his place….🖤

———LIKES———
-it’s basically just 1 long drawn out primal kink chase!!

-so so GOOD the equal parts awfulness & inner turmoil of Alex. No doubt I hated his ass. But, I love that the author gave us some COMPLEXITY. He had inklings of redeeming qualities. He did feel guilt. But, in the end he was a spineless creature.

I feel sympathy for the depth of manipulation he endured at the hands of their parents - I’m sure that’s why he is that way.

Still, in this fictional world he got what he deserved.

I CANNOT STAND when an author makes a character we’re supposed to no longer like ALL BAD- that’s not realistic. And giving us a complex bad character is 1) more realistic 2) emotionally rich bc of how conflicting it is. it provides for better character growth, morals, etc in the story.

So, YES…10/10 to these authors for that

———DISLIKES———
it basically says: when a man who HIT YOU & didn’t stand up for u writes a cutesy, sexy little note…we can forgive him ☺️ —— NO!

I’m sorry, was I supposed to feel some kind of spark when FMC gushed over (who she thought was MMC)?? Literally…just bc u find out he’s got a primal kink u suddenly see him completely differently?

^clearly, I’m not talking ab the ACTUAL MMC but I couldn’t feel any kind of chemistry building from FMC bc she literally thought it was her disgusting ex….until the last 2 pages!

Like I wasn’t that mad ab it, tho it kinda blocked me from feeling any development from MCs. Idk, not the worst read, not the best.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

———TROPES & SUCH———
-twin switch (unknown to h)
-small town, snowy, xmas
-strict religious parents (H)
-abuse of power (parents of H)
-primal kink
-CLIFFHANGER (next installment dec ‘25)

———SAFETY——
-CW: scene of h being slapped by (ex) bf
-No OWD
-OMD: No, but H does watch twin & h (non sexual) before the ‘switch’
-Cheating: No imo. h unaware of H identity (thinks is bf); her bf no longer in picture (but she doesn’t know that 🌚)

[Ava Bergman · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

[Kayla | Kayla Reads Smut · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy hell, I loved this one way more than I should have and you will as well if you loved Carving for Cara.

Slaying for Sloan is Cara's best friend Sloan's book. And it starts off with Sloan going to her boyfriend Alex's home town to meet his parents. But PLOT TWIST Alex has an "evil twin" brother names Asher who has his sights set on Sloan and he his going to make her his. But first he needs to take care of the problem that is his brother. Trust me, his brother goes where he deserves eyes 👀 Now in order for Asher to make Sloan his, he sends her on a little shopping spree that ends in a race to midnight primal play game throughout the small town and if he catches her he... well you know the rest. BUT Sloan thinks the masked man is her boyfriend Alex and NOT Asher!

AHHHH this plot was so freaking good! Yes this one is a novella so it's short and spicy. BUT it is left on a cliffy because at the end of this novella, Sloan finds out the masked man's true identity. I can't wait for the completion of this story in the next book! But if you are looking for an erotic horror holiday novella then this is the one for you! It will not disappoint!

[Dario Pacheco · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is by far my favorite out of the series. Short, dark and a read I finished in one sitting. Not for the faint of heart. Highly recommend

[Moony Luve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slaying for Sloan
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️
‘She doesn’t see me, but I see her. Always. Every step she takes, every little decision’
At first I was like “whattttt” but then I quickly got into it lol

Sloan is a baddie with an asshole boyf who thinks it’s cool to not stand up for her and smack her around in public…

‘I think it’s wild that people give so much of their money to one of the most brainwashed systems.’

Little does her pretentious dickhead dude know that he has a reckoning coming for him.
The next day Sloan finds a note on the counter telling her about a game, she thinks it’s her boyfriend making up for his asshole tendencies…
The games begin
If he catches her once he gets to eat her
If he catches her twice she sucks
If he catches her 3 times he gets to take her
And the 4th time nothing is off limits.
Needless to say, if you enjoy primal play you will loveeee this book, like 70% of the book is him chasing her and I’m sooooo here for it.

“Guess all those prayers didn’t mean a damn thing,” he sneers, his voice low and venomous. “Tell me, Alex—where’s your God now?”

[Brittany Ferraro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well this was fun😂😂
A little twin switcheroo moment going on here. We have an extra vanilla dude, and the other one is stabby and unhinged but only one of them is gonna set up a game where you get chased through the town caught and fucked…. Spoiler alert it’s not gonna be the one in the dress shoes😭😬

Nothing says Christmas, like getting fucked in a tree farm 🎄

Unhinged MMC with touch her and you die vibes , cat and mouse chase, masked man with a dash of Christmas?? Yes please

[V · Rating 4 out of 5]

𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ rtc

[Autumn Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a quick, spicy, very dark, trigger warning filled novella. This can be read as a standalone which is what I did, but it ends on a cliffhanger. I NEED to know what happens next after that ending. This was just over 100 pages so such a quick read. Definitely check the trigger warnings though!

[Hayley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Melissa and Dana never disappoint! Slaying for Sloan was a great read. This was a short and dark read that you’ll enjoy. I loved reading about Sloan and Asher’s story. Anything these two write I will always read.

[saralouisereads · Rating 4 out of 5]

5🌶️ this was my first dark romance in a while and i forgot how much i love them. absolutely delicious christmas novella. i cannot believe this ended on a cliffhanger though, since when do novellas end on cliffhangers?! i’m pissed i have to wait a YEAR for the next one 😅

[morallyblackbooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5 ⭐️

[shyra ☾ · Rating 5 out of 5]

all i need for christmas is asher under my tree. 💋🪚❄️🎄

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, quick read. Love a cat and mouse game.
Spice level 4/5.

[hannah ⋆˙⟡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Give me the next one now

[Melissa Houpt · Rating 5 out of 5]

“This Christmas, you’re going to give me the only gift I desire.  You’re going to fucking break for me,”

Mix a little Christmas with a unhinged masked MMC and you have Slaying for Sloan. Love, love, love! This was perfect and hit my kindle at just the right time. I’ve been in a reading slump lately and I devoured this in a few hours. If you want a quick, SPICY read that will put you in the “Christmas spirit” 😉 you’ll love this. I don’t want to say too much and ruin it but Asherrrr 🫠🫠🥵

5/5⭐️ 4.5/5🌶️

[Paige (wingsandsmut) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well hello Asher 🫠🫠. Holy hell that was a deliciously spicy and quick read! LOVED the primal play in this- it was so freaking hot and perfect for a little Christmas spice! Absolutely devoured this in one sitting!

[Aspen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book!! I need more asap!! The ending, uuuugh, I just need more!! 😂 The chase and the smutty scenes thrown in there are just everything and I can’t wait to see what Sloan does in the next one!!

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is so good! Primal play at its best! Sloan, who we met in Carving For Cara, is on a trip to a cabin along with her jerk of a boyfriend. They break up, but the next day, there is a gift and note with instructions on what to do and what is gonna happen. Asher is a hot, morally grey hottie whom anyone would want chasing them. This is a dark novella and quick read. I loved it and definitely recommend it!

[Sylvilel · Rating 1 out of 5]

ACTUAL physical abuse and degradation leading to «primal play»?

Honeys, that’s not sexy, that’s destructive. I think you misunderstood the assignment.

Safety, communication and self respect first; hardcore sexytime later.

[Nantia · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Because he was" 💦💦
Totally unhinged, psycho and my kind of tea