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Ghosts of Halloween

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Three vengeful spirits. One broken woman. One night.

Harlow can't live with herself after the traumatic events of a fateful Halloween night two years ago. Half-broken then, she's shattered now. The only way forward is to go back to the abandoned house where it all happened and pay the ultimate price for her sins.

But the house isn't empty. Three vengeful spirits lie in wait, vowing to destroy the woman who sent them to hell. Given just one night of freedom, they will bleed every second dry, taking all their rage, suffering, and hatred out on her.

The three inflict agony, twisted with pleasure until all secrets spill out of their coffins in the hallowed hours of the darkest night. Blood splatters the walls of the haunted house until cries of depraved pleasure wipe away sins and horrors past.

But what will happen when dawn rises, locking the gates of hell once and for all?

The rules are clear. Pain for pain. Blood for blood. Death for death.

Ghosts of Halloween is a dark, spicy, why-choose romance with sword crossing for mature listeners. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

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First published September 1, 2025

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Layla Fae

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Layla Fae writes steamy monster romance of many varieties. Fluffy or dark, with TWs ranging from flavored monster essence used as food to blood play and dark taboo romance, she explores the fantasy of monster love from various angles.
She is not an author for the faint of heart.

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1,172 reviews339 followers
September 19, 2024




Jack, Caden, and Silas, they started off with vengeance in their heart planning and Blaming Harlow for two long years for Their situation…….

Now that they have her in their grasp. And seen how truly strong Harlow is ……. Wil they still want to Inflict their vengeance on her.

Once Harlow realizes that only death can free the three men from their ghostly existence….. She is willing to Sacrifice herself for them.

To say that Jack, Caden, and Silas are driven by their Desire and by the need to experience corporeal pleasures before they move on… Is putting it mildly.
Harlow want’s this night to be branded across her soul. After so many years of not getting the right touch from all the many men she has had her, somehow even though Jack, Caden, and Silas have been hard on her this night they still have coveted and desired her …. And are three feral, vengeful men who conquered death for her… So, in Harlow’s minds eye what more does she need or want


If you enjoy ultra-hot and steamy MMFM, with
extremely dark and pure smut book you are in the right place



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Author 43 books2,098 followers
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September 11, 2024
my husband was a happy man while I was rereading this book if you know what I mean 👀
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204 reviews26 followers
September 25, 2024
This was a very disappointing read. There were so many glimmers of an excellent story, but it just got bogged down with the smut. Do not get me wrong, I am all for spice. Why choose is probably my favorite sub genre in dark romance. Add in ghosts and this book should have been a perfect read for me but I could not connect with it.

I think my main issue is that there seemed to be two distinct couples, Harlow and Jack/ Silas and Caden. Each couple had chemistry with their original chosen partner but not with the others. It felt very forced to make all four end up together. The dynamics just didn't work for me and honestly felt awkward. Silas and Caden didn't add much to the story in general. I loved Harlow and Jack together and if the story would have just been about them, this probably would have been a much higher rating.

Back to the smut, it was constant. I was begging for just a crumb more of plot but instead, I'd get an awkward, forced group sex scene.

Though I rated this book two stars, I don't think that will be the case for everyone. Some people will love it but for me personally, there are why choose romances out there with excellent plot and character pairings that don't feel forced.
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163 reviews9,436 followers
November 2, 2025
honestly guys, i dont even know where to begin…

so I’m just going to give A BIG ol shoutout to THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOG, who wrote a perfect review to this book.
I can‘t do reposts so I‘ll just copy paste, if thats alright.

Her Blog is: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6... !!!

„This was a very disappointing read. There were so many glimmers of an excellent story, but it just got bogged down with the smut. Do not get me wrong, I am all for spice. Why choose is probably my favorite sub genre in dark romance.
Add in ghosts and this book should have been a perfect read
for me but I could not connect with it.

I think my main issue is that there seemed to be two distinct couples, Harlow and Jack/ Silas and Caden. Each couple had chemistry with their original chosen partner but not with the others. It felt very forced to make all four end up together.
The dynamics just didn't work for me and honestly felt awkward. Silas and Caden didn't add much to the story in general. I loved Harlow and Jack together and if the story would have just been about them, this probably would have been a much higher rating.

Back to the smut, it was constant. I was begging for just a crumb more of plot but instead, l'd get an awkward, forced group sex scene.

Though I rated this book two stars, I don't think that will be the case for everyone. Some people will love it but for me personally, there are why choose romances out there with excellent plot and character pairings that don't feel forced.“

And I stand by that. I REALLLYYYYYY wanted to love this book…
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291 reviews4,239 followers
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November 23, 2025
zostałem zbrukany — nigdy nie przeczytałem gorszego „dzieła” niż to xD
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46 reviews2 followers
October 5, 2024


If you don’t want to pay the price, don’t do the crime. The 3 MMC’s get killed become ghosts and blame the FMC for their death. But hold on, they robbed the Russian and not her fault no one told her that her brother brought her prosthetic arm from money they stole. All she did was tell someone how great her brother was for buying it. She wasn’t to know that person would tell the Russian and he would put it together that the MMC’s and her brother stole his money and have them killed.

Typical narcissistic males don’t see anything they did wrong so for two years they wait to get their revenge and so begins pages of not smut but abuse, rape, degradation , verbal and emotional abuse and physical abuse by the 3MMC’s towards the FMC. Demeaning and disparaging page after page.

FMC portrayed as so desperate due to her past that being treated like just holes to be filled is what she deserves.

The so called story is lost in all the excessive abuse. It’s not smut, it’s just abusive low rate porn on a page.

The more degrading, the more abusive, the more pain inflicting , the more triggers are added supposedly makes a good book these days. I like a smutty book but I like to read a book that has a story line instead of 90% over the top sex and abuse and nothing else.


Just my opinion so please no judgement 😃
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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164 reviews60 followers
October 3, 2024
DNF.
The first five pages gave me a migraine. The writing in this book is juvenile.
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1,280 reviews1,709 followers
December 15, 2024
Note: Some of my goodreads shelves can be spoilers

Jacked: Prequel


Jacked


Carved


Gutted



Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 5 (all within this series)
Average rating: 4.4 stars
Favorite book: probably book 1, Jacked

Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.


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41 reviews5 followers
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October 4, 2024
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
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86 reviews
September 30, 2024
DNF at 20%… If you want nothing but a literal porn fest go ahead but there is zero plot and the characters have no substance. I like books with plot so maybe it’s just me but this was a no.
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38 reviews2 followers
October 15, 2024
I DNFd tf out of this… after trying for 10+ days, trying to skim…. I just couldn’t anymore. 40% in and found no plot, story seriously lacking. All smutt. Can’t even put it on a spice scale cause it didn’t make me feel anything but cringe and not because it’s dark or the descriptions… like the more triggers the better. But this just felt so underwhelming, flat, lacking depth.. rly no feeling.. didn’t connect with any of the characters.. rushed… idk I had to let it go.

One star is being generous.
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October 28, 2024
I had to DNF. I have never been so utterly confused by a fic and I've read a few.

The FMC has a brother who is killed and it alludes to the fact that the guy who was crushing on her was involved. She's also known as the town slut. She's going to the house where her brother died so she can commit suicide and there are 3 male "ghosts"? Two of the ghosts start sucking D's immediately - but then it talks about all these things that have apparently happened like we're supposed to know about them and I was like what? Did I miss an entire book somewhere??? Some times it seems like she's talked/interacted with the ghosts before, then again she's say something about being scared and not knowing what's happening or who is there.

He listens to me. I tell him things I never dared to say to anyone, and he listens.
Really??? When did you talk to him?? How did you know there's a "him" and he's a ghost?

I shiver, though. It’s not the first time he’s said something comforting or pleasant and followed it up with a menacing twist.
These ghosts apparently talk and she can see/feel them. How are they ghosts again? That's right - we don't know.

“Tell me, my sweet little angel. Who raped you?”
How the fuck did we get here??? Talk about a fic veering left!!!!

Anyway - the FMC has a prosthetic arm which I thought was interesting.

I kind of want to go back and try again, but my brain hurt from trying to figure out WTF was going on.
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540 reviews22 followers
September 24, 2025
BookTok hyped this book up way too much.

Part 1
Took a while to really comprehend the backstory and it doesn't make the FMC very likeable.
Ending of Part 1 was a twist I should have expected, but didn't.

Part 2
First half was really good. Super spicy.
Second half is where it all started going down hill.

Part 3
I can't believe there's a Part 3.
And I can't believe that I'm only halfway through this book.

Ghosts of Halloween lures you in with the 'masked lover' trope of 2023. The first 37% of the book is not that bad. I dnf'd because the story was DRAGGING and I was sitting at 50%. I think the book could have ended nicely around this point and tied up with a little bow. I just didn't care about the characters or the story enough to suffer through another 200 pages.
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184 reviews4 followers
September 21, 2024
Absolutely loved this series! It had my heart racing throughout it and my goodness the spice! Harlow, Silas, Jack , and Caden will forever be one of my favorite Why choose couples!!!!
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28 reviews
October 10, 2024
I need to bleach my eyes after that.
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70 reviews2 followers
October 11, 2024
This is the first book I’ve ever DNF’d.

Where’s the story line?
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309 reviews4 followers
October 25, 2024
DNFFFFFFFFFF. but im marking this shit as read because i didn’t just get traumatized for 20 chapters of this fucking book
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516 reviews157 followers
November 1, 2024
This book was not good. We had some plot scattered in, but it was a bucket load of smut. The plot didn't make sense half the time, and it was laughable.

It's one of those books that I just had to read to see what the hype was.

The writing wasn't great, and the character development wasn't quite there. Harlow, the FMC, had some back story, but the MMC's didn't.

In a way, I'm glad I read it, I can now stop wondering about this book 😂
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261 reviews35 followers
October 11, 2024
Listen…………. Definitely check your triggers before reading this book lol

I’m speechless, okay… I don’t even know what to say. It was a wild ride. I got questions, alright, but I don’t think I want the answers. 😂

There was a lot of wtf moments but I had a good time reading it, so 3 stars it is. 👏
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246 reviews76 followers
April 4, 2025
Wow! I went into this blind knowing it was a dark romance and very detailed and I chose not to read what it was about. The hype from other readers, the cover and the title drew me in.

Now….this book is FILLED with potential triggers, so ensure you find those out first and realize this book is basically, very detailed smut mixed with a story.

Anyway, I enjoyed this book. Clearly wasn’t what I had been expecting. From the storyline, to the relationships. It was filled with F/M, M/M, F/M/M and F/M/M/M in very descriptive detail.

The plot was twisted, dirty and dark, disturbing to some readers I am sure.

The supernatural element was a different way to read this style of book, a first for me.

The ending was uplifting and unique.

Note: there is a Christmas story following the epilogue which closes the story out well.

I will say it is well written, very descriptive and detailed. I have to mention I absolutely loved (and chuckled) at the dedication.

If this is a style of book you enjoy reading, dark, dirty, smutty and filled with triggers…. Pick this book up. If not, then this definitely won’t be for you
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544 reviews37 followers
October 13, 2025
Dark!

This is a great book for revenge, and a lot of self reflection because looking for acceptance and love through physical means, yeah that is rough and what it led to, ouch! I would’ve enjoyed less smut- 80% of book is smut and hey love but I actually want the story too. The story was intense but the over smut took away from it. The ghosts using it as revenge was awesome, but mention and then move onto story! Would’ve loved to see what happened after they left, what happened to the 3…… but still great!
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425 reviews6 followers
August 4, 2025
MMFM
Dark
Halloween 🎃
Ghosts 👻
Bi-awakening

Harlow goes to the house her brother and friends were murdered 2 years prior, the night she was raped.

Noah, Harlow’s brother, was shot and his dying wish is for his best friends, Jack, Cayden and Silas protect his little sister.
They give their oath and then moments later they were also killed. They “wake up” as ghosts. They just know. They also know that it was Harlow’s fault they were killed, indirectly.

Just like they know they are ghosts and bound to the house? They know that the only way to pass on is to fulfill their oath and save Harlow. She comes to the house on Halloween intending to kill herself. Instead she is confronted with 3 masked men who make her feel things she hasn’t felt in 2 years.

Jack is 6 years older than Harlow and has been in love with her since she was 16, she is now 22. Cayden and Silas are a couple. Cayden is twice her age. I don’t think it ever says how old Silas is.

The guys have become corporeal for the night because this is the night Harlow is destined to die. They have their way with her first, intending to kill her at the end of the night to try to move on. Silas is gay and only wants to make Harlow suffer. Cayden is bi and hasn’t been with a woman since dying. Jack is straight. By the time the end of the story, they all fuck each other.

Towards the end of the night her rapists come to the house because someone saw her go in. The guys end up killing these 3 men, claiming their souls and returning to the living.

I didn’t read the Christmas story after the epilogue as it was another 2 hours more. I was already done and over the book but wanted to finish just to see how the author tied the story up.
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86 reviews19 followers
October 9, 2024
So much pain, lust, raw emotions, morally grey masked men and so much spice, what more could a dark romance reader ask for! Her words were incredibly written that you feel every single emotion! Every single page had me in utter shock, I knew the tropes and it was recommended to me for a Halloween read, still all caught me by surprise. I love the omnibus cover and art work, it really brought the story and characters to life. I could envision the characters a lot better and see how Layla wanted them to be portrayed. I did not read the trigger warnings so also played a part in my crying and connecting with the characters next level due to experiences I’ve endured. I still read every page and I’m so obsessed with this book, it hit the Halloween vibe spot on. Chapter fifty-two, ugh cue the sobbing you think Silas is so cruel, but deep down he really did have a soul. Beyond thankful that this was recommended to me! If you love really dark paranormal romance then this book is for you!
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87 reviews5 followers
October 7, 2024
Honestly alittle disappointed with this one... I feel like it was waaaay longer than it needed to be. The spice was good, but there was just so much of it that it became underwhelming, kind of like being desensitised !
I wish the storyline was just more prior to the build-up of spicy scenes, which just came one after the other, and at about 400 pages in, I just wanted it done. If you want something very spicy with little story, this is for you. I just think at this stage I wanted more depth into the characters.

Spice: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
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30 reviews
October 25, 2024
I don‘t know why I wasted my time on this book. I literally have no words
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212 reviews12 followers
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November 20, 2025
⟢ 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 - 𝐤𝐬𝐢𝐚̨𝐳̇𝐤𝐚 𝐳𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐥𝐚 𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐞. Widziałam już wcześniej kilka recenzji - raczej średnich, momentami wręcz bardzo krytycznych - ale mimo wszystko podeszłam do niej z myślą, że może nie będzie aż tak źle. Chciałam dać jej szansę i naprawdę starałam się nie zniechęcać na starcie.

⟢ 𝐏𝐨𝐜𝐳𝐚̨𝐭𝐞𝐤 𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐛𝐲ł 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐳𝐧𝐲. Pierwsze kilka rozdziałów czytało się nawet nieźle, a że wiedziałam, jaki klimat ma ta książka, byłam świadoma, że scen erotycznych będzie sporo. Tylko że… nie spodziewałam się, że aż tak dużo. Po krótkiej przerwie wróciłam do lektury, z nadzieją, że fabuła w końcu ruszy, że coś zacznie się dziać.

⟢ 𝐃𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐫ł𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐨 𝐩𝐨ł𝐨𝐰𝐲 𝐢 𝐩𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮 𝐬𝐢𝐞̨ 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐚ł𝐚𝐦.

⟢ Przez te cały czas miałam wrażenie, że istnieje może kilkadziesiąt stron, na których nie dominuje seks. I niestety to nie jest komplement - bo poza tym w książce nie działo się praktycznie nic. Dostajemy jedną, krótką odpowiedź na pytanie dlaczego bohaterowie się tak zachowują i dlaczego to zaplanowali, ale wszystko to mieści się w raptem kilku stronach. A potem… wracamy do tego samego schematu, w kółko i bez większego sensu.

⟢ 𝐍𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐜𝐢𝐚̨𝐠𝐧𝐞̨ł𝐨 𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞̨. 𝐍𝐢𝐞 𝐜𝐳𝐮ł𝐚𝐦 𝐳̇𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐞̨𝐜𝐢𝐚, 𝐳̇𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐳𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚. 𝐍𝐢𝐞𝐤𝐭𝐨́𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢 𝐛𝐲ł𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐞̨𝐜𝐳 𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐳𝐲𝐣𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐞, 𝐨𝐛𝐫𝐳𝐲𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐰𝐞.

⟢ Podsumowując: definitywnie jestem na nie. Ta książka to po prostu nie mój klimat, nie mój styl i nie moje tempo historii. Jeśli ktoś szuka fabuły, emocji czy wyrazistych bohaterów - moim zdaniem tutaj ich nie znajdzie.

ᴋɪssᴇs⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡
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