Mask & Strap: Halloween

by Kat Blackthorne

#1 Bestseller in Lesbian Erotica


“Little Birdie with broken wings and no place to run. Who’s going to save you now?”



When Birdie agrees to accompany her friend to an abandoned theme park for an underground Halloween party— she doesn’t realize she signed away more than just her Friday night.

Under the bright neon glow of music and partying, a sinister game is unfolding, and Birdie finds herself an unsuspecting player… And Jax, a tattooed, muscular masc in a bright green purge mask, has chosen Birdie as her victim.



When a voice booms over the loud speaker announcing the

Everyone keeps their masks on.

If you’re caught, you’re got.

No one speaks a word of this night to anyone— ever.

Run to the finish as fast as you can.

Ready? Set. GO.



“Better run, baby. If I catch you I strap you.”

Genres: Lesbian, Romance, LGBT, Erotica, Spicy, Smut, Queer

56 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 17, 2025

About the author

Kat Blackthorne is a bestselling author of haunting romance. She writes passion, characters, and worlds that linger past the last page. Her tales embrace cozy darkness with magical and spooky twists. Catnip for her is banter, begging, challenging norms, and beings who worship their women.

Kat lives somewhere deep in the mountains in a witch's cottage with her talking feline. She has a collection of quotes and character names a mile long, her favorite holiday is Halloween, and her favorite book is whatever she read last.

Join her spooky reader coven on Facebook: Kat Blackthorne and The Black Hearts Coven
Follow her on Tiktok where The Halloween Boys hashtags have over six million views: @katblackthorne
Find her on Instagram: @katblackthorneauthor

Reviews

[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)]

5 stars. Where the hell do I sign up to partake in these type of activities? Damn. This was ridiculously hot and the chase between Jax and Birdie was addictive. Loved their chemistry and that scene on the ride? Delicious. No notes. I am absolutely feral over primal play in sapphic romances and I complain all the time about there not being enough so thank you Kat Blackthorne, I’m forever grateful to you for feeding my addiction. This was great and I will be reading it again.

[Sanaa]

You know what? Hell yeah! HELL YEAH!

This was hot 🔥 🥵 and thrilling and absolutely hit the spot 😋

My only complaint is that I feel it could've been a little longer and even more primal 😉

4 stars 🌟 🌟🌟🌟

[bree]

sapphic masked primal play?! all of a sudden i have a second heartbeat. she's PURRING. how do i get my name on the list? sign me UP! take my MONEY!! 😩

[Angel]

This to me is mostly about the energy being transferred between Jax and Birdie. There’s predator and prey, there’s not much in the way of feelings or physical attributes other than Jax’s fit, muscular and bigger than Birdie. Able to overpower her at her own will. It is what it says on the tin though: primal. Unfortunately I felt the void of those more minute details, and I can’t say it was fully made up for by way of their encounters when a chase was completed.
Always tricky to get a W from a novella and this fell short for me.

[vivi ʚɞ]

This was so delicious… I love a good cat and mouse chase. It was short, hot, and everything I expected it to be. I wish it was longer though 💔

[VLE]

3 Stars

Could’ve been sexier and smuttier ngl.

[★ reshika]

5⭐️/5⭐️

“If I catch you, I strap you” so where do I sign up for this?! This was a sapphic romance with mask kink
Omggg ladies do it better indeed! The fact we only see men in masks and doing the chasing but in this we got a masc lesbian who wears a mask and a dominant woman who is obsessed with the girl
It was very short I wish we could’ve got more of them!
The smut in this one omggg I was a puddle it was so freaking hawt no joke
Also the fact the people on the cover is the author and her gf makes it even more super hawt!

[Venuss]

2.50🎠

I can understand the appeal, and I too was sat. Yet something about it just felt so silly. Perhaps it’s because it’s short length. Perhaps it’s because it’s at a carnival. Or perhaps, it’s because how did she get tricked into this, there isn’t a requirement for a mychart??

[Zayne]

bring eroticism back i beg : no eye game no flirting no sexual tension oh my fucking god. And calling the main character a weird name is making my vagina retract into itself. "Little Birdie" i'm not hungry anymore actually. god.

[TJ Phillips]

A very short erotica with a terrible friend. Seriously who sets someone up for that without warning?

[Sassy Sarah Reads]

4 stars

The plot makes no sense, but this was hot AF, so I can give it that. How does one even participate, much less throw an event like this? I know they have people signing waivers, but I don't know if people attend like Lulu; then I am sure there has been an expose piece, social media drag, or a news report. People yap way too much for this to stay a secret. If I don't think about this plot, then I can say it's an objectively smutty fun time. If I think about it for too long, the house of cards starts wobbling.

[Arianna ✨]

What a fun, quick Halloween themed read from Kat Blackthorne! I always know I’m going to love what she writes but this novella had me turning pages so fast I had to turn on the continuous scroll in my Kindle app.

Features:
- sapphic
- carnival after dark
- primal play
- masked play

[Randinicole_reads]

fun little sapphic novella

[Mrs. Pendragon Pages]

This Sapphic (entirely sapphic🙌🏼🙌🏼) masked primal-play short story is ridiculously hot. 🔥
The thrill of the chase, hidden identity, and the exhibitionism/voyeurism make this such a fun short read. Birdie and Jax's chemistry will leave you breathless; they are sinfully HOT! 🫦🔥

[Florrie Noble]

and i thought lesbians could do no wrong. i stg i wouldn’t admit to reading this if i didn’t have a very strict reading goal and a commitment to erotic transparency.

[javi ᝰ.ᐟ]

este es como el peor cnc que he leído so there’s that

[Kaela]

what did i do to deserve this surprise halloween, smutty, sapphic novella in my inbox??? nothing because this is what i ALWAYS DESERVE

this reallllllyyyy gives devil's playground (one of my FAVORITE sapphic novella series) and is such a fun and short halloween read. PICK THIS AND THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND SERIES UP THIS NEXT WEEK OKAY? THEY ARE THE PERFECT BOOKS TO READ FOR HALLOWEEN OKAY? OKAY!

thank you so much kat for an arc copy of this <3

[Heidi H.]

First, the cover is hot enough to melt a mask (or a strap, let's be real). Then you jump right in to this steamy, sapphic Halloween treat and it's hard to catch your breath. Kat Blackthorne has given readers a surprise short story that will fulfill all your dreams for a masked masc. I literally shivered when Jax told Birdie to run. If you are ready for a sinfully, sensually spooky sapphic story, look no further!

Open door spice level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (4/5)

[Shazz]

"Run! If I catch you, I strap you!"

I loved this short and quick mask sapphic read.
Set in an abandoned theme park, players are invited via a text message with the location for the game. Your mask you wear puts you as either Prey or Predator.
If you are prey, like Birdie, you need to run or hide to make it through the night and hope that the predators don't get you. Or maybe you want them to catch you? 🤭
When Jax eyes land on Birdie though, well let's just say, the hunt begins. 😈

[cloudy]

another masked lesbian halloween erotica with dark elements, we really own spooky season this year and it makes me want to cry (both ways, if you know you know). now i need a crossover between this and switch, just some sapphic shenanigans.

[AshleyReadsSmut]

I love a quick smutty sapphic novella

𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
𝗧𝗬𝗣𝗘: Interconnected Standalone
𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦: Mask & Strap #1
𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞: Solo narration

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚: FF
𝗛𝗘𝗔/𝗛𝗙𝗡: 💖
𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗣: 🏳️‍🌈
𝗪𝗛𝗬-𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗘: 🚫
𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦: Birdie + Jax

𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦:
♥︎ sapphic
♥︎ halloween
♥︎ masked women
♥︎ stone top x pillow princess

𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦:
♥︎ cnc
♥︎ primal play

[mads]

another dark, sapphic, Kat Blackthorne read? sign me up every time 👏🏽

[Yavanna]

absolutely loved it

[ry]

i love a good cat & mouse chase!!! spicy and set in an abandoned amusement park (two of my favorite things) 🤭

[Breezy &#x1f30a;]

Not gonna write a review for this one since the plot is self explanatory but 3 stars.

[bariatricbookworm]

The cover and title gives you EXACTLY what it promises. A masked masc with a strap. And yes, the strap matches the neon mask. 👌🏻💚

[Kassie Bates]

It was good, so hot!
Just wish it was longer!

[Kayapapaya]

This was a fun and hot read! 🌶️ A bit more personality for the characters and, in fact, a bit more of the steamy smut that I picked up this book for would have been nice, but I overall had a good time.

[Britt]

i liked this. that’s all I’ll say about that…

[Chrissy MacLaughlin]

Quick, spicy, sapphic, and full of some fun primal chase scenes with a hot masked lesbian. 🥵 4⭐️