Valentines in the Vineyard: Dark Edition (Dark Nights

by Dana LeeAnn

Full blurb, cover, and trope reveal coming soon...

Roses are red. Vines are green. He's the darkest Valentine I've ever seen.

Releasing mid-January 2026! Current release date is a placeholder.

Genres: Dark Romance, Romance, Holiday, Ebooks, Novella

140 pages, Paperback

Published January 13, 2026

About the author

Dana LeeAnn lives for the dark side of romance—the stalkier, the better. She originally used writing as an outlet to heal herself, but found it addictive, and has never stopped. Her books are packed with suspense and questionable love interests that will leave your heart racing at the turn of every page. When she’s not dreaming up new ways to torture her characters (and readers), she can be found in northern Colorado, exploring the mountains or dragging her husband into a new project around the house.

Reviews

[Buffy ❤️‍🔥💀 · Rating 5 out of 5]

ARC review coming 🫶🏼

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series, it’s short to the point and i enjoy the authors dark thoughts of how a couple could have fun

[Neia Quaintance · Rating 5 out of 5]

This novella can be read as a standalone or for full character experience. Ur gonna wanna read the other 2 books in the series. This is a very fast-paced Valentine's Day erotica novella. I love how Luke will do anything to make Serafina happy even become her masked stranger. This is a very good erotica holiday novella, and I can't wait to see what is next with these 2.

[Betsy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Roses are red. Vines are green. He's the darkest Valentine I've ever seen.
The FMC wakes up in a vineyard with no memory of how she got here.

Black heart balloons drift between twisted grapevines, and somewhere in the darkness, he's watching. Waiting. When his voice cuts through the cold February night, commanding her to run, she obeys without question.

But every predator should remember: sometimes the prey has claws of her own.

Valentines in the Vineyard by Dana LeeAnn is a fun, fast paced, intense, thriller/suspense spicy dar romance novella.

She is being hunted and chased like prey and led into a waiting trap. My heart was pounding from excitement and suspense as to what would happen next.

I recommend this lovers of spicy dark romance.

Please see trigger warnings.

Thanks to the author Danna LeeAnn for the gifted eARC in exchange for an honest review.

[Kswag · Rating 4 out of 5]

Luke has done it again. Manifested and brilliantly performed a phenomena, experiencing explosions of joy in a realm readers like us dream about, but it turned into a nightmare. What I'm about to say will shock many people, and I'm often questioned about it, but it's the truth. If there are clusters of balloons in a room, call paramedics immediately. Only two things frighten me, and one of them is the sight of helium-filled balloons floating around aimlessly. AND so, as some readers gasped in admiration at the scenario, I felt suffocated, unable to breathe, and profoundly concerned for the main character's survival.
(Bitch run …. Out the door..)

As the events continue to unfold my blood pressure remain elevated as a very interesting turn of events takes place in the vineyard.

All in all another great adventure

But…

..I will say I feel strongly that a trigger warning should have been provided about them hideous scary heart balloons … just saying …

[. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ mara after dark. ݁ ⊹ ݁˖ . ݁ · Rating 4 out of 5]

The role reversal in this was a great touch, spicing up the novelty that's been getting dull by this third instalment.

Some parts got a little repetitive, but the way Luke managed to step up his game in showing just how much he loves Seraphine, and in the trust they share, makes this an enjoyable ride all the same.

[Brittany Harville · Rating 4 out of 5]

I said it before and I’ll say it again! This girl knows how to write a great holiday theme dark romance! It’s sweet, it’s dark, it’s spicy and it’s fun! If you haven’t read these novellas what are you waiting for. Love this couple and their connection and hot they grow through the seasons!

[Neris G · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.4

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

❤️ Valentines in the Vineyard by Dana LeeAnn ❤️

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ || 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

“Roses are red. Wine is divine. If he won’t hunt you through a vineyard, he’s not worth your time.”

This is such a cute, spicy little Valentine’s Day novella! Luke & Sera are back at it again with such a fun one! 🍇❤️🌶️ If you liked Pounded in the Patch & Taken in the Tree Farm - you’ll love this one! I will say, there was a bit of a surprise plot twist in there that i absolutely D E V O U R E D 🤌🏻🤭🔥 I loved it so much!

[AyaMeadows · Rating 5 out of 5]

ARC REVIEW:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

OMG i have been waiting for this arc and Dana never disappoints. It was sweet and short novella full of details and fun (iykyk 😮‍💨👀)
love these two and their relationship😍🥹.So adorable and just perfect 👀✨️

"Happy Valentine's Day, my love."

[Nini · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got an arc, but my rating/review are my own!

omg I love this little series🤭🤭 each one was a different holiday🤭🤭
I want more of those👀👀 even more like the twist!!! I was not expecting that and it was so damm hottt 🤭🤭

the poem and the dedication🤭🤭:
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𝕽𝖔𝖘𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖉. 𝖂𝖎𝖓𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖉𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖊. 𝕴𝖋 𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖍𝖚𝖓𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍 𝖆 𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖞𝖆𝖗𝖉, 𝕳𝖊'𝖘 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖍 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊.
••
𝓣𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓿𝓸𝓲𝓬𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭 "𝓴𝓲𝓭𝓷𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓻𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓹𝓵𝓪𝔂" 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓭𝓭𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓣𝓑𝓡. 𝓘 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾. 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝔂𝓸𝓾. 𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮.
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quotes:
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𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝖍𝖚𝖓𝖙. 𝕬𝖓𝖉 𝕴'𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖚𝖈𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖞.
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"𝓛𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾.
𝓣𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓻𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓸 𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼."
"𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽⁠—"
"𝓛𝓲𝓪𝓻,
𝓛𝓮𝓽'𝓼 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓸𝓯 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮."
"𝓕𝓾𝓬𝓴."
"𝓨𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓭."
"𝓟𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮."
"𝓟𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽, 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮? 𝓤𝓼𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓼."
"𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷'𝓽— 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽⁠—"
"𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷. 𝓣𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽."
"𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓮. 𝓟𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮, 𝓘 𝓷𝓮𝓮𝓭 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮."
"𝓨𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓬𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓪𝓵𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝔂, 𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓷'𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾? 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓮𝔃𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝔂 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓼. 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓭𝔂 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓬𝓾𝓷𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮. 𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓶𝓮."
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tropes:
☆🍁valentine's day
☆🍁foreplay
☆🍁millionaires
☆🍁he feeds her
☆🍁primal play
☆🍁grape wines
☆🍁wine play
☆🍁twist🤭👀

[Neapolitan670 📚🖤 · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the vineyard what could possibly happen on Valentine’s Day 💞

Seraphina, wakes up lying in the dirt, a red silk dress adorns her body and ludicrously high stilettos on her feet surrounded by red lights, black balloons and music playing all around. A voice from the speaker tells her to ‘run’. Kicking off the shoes, she runs through all the vines, the rows of frozen earth away from the voice. Unfortunately, the shadow is closer than she assumes as she runs into a deeper part, a man with a mask appears….

𝓘'𝓶 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓾𝓹 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝔂𝓮𝓽.

It’s a quick Valentine read and follows on in the series. Lots of spice, a little turn of events and immeasurable love ❤️

[Kayla | Kayla Reads Smut · Rating 3 out of 5]

Full transparency I loved the first book in this holiday novella series and I felt like the subsequent books have been essentially the same thing just written in a different font. Like if you were just to pick up this book without reading the others, the inner thoughts of the FMC would make sense. And I get this couple is role playing and brining fantasies to life but like she knew this was her husband and the acting like she had no clue off put me.

But what I did enjoy from the plot from the others is when the FMC uno reversed our MMC and she took control. I ate that shit up. At the end of the day, this was a fun and smutty good time.

[Candace Cross · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't think it could get better than Pounded in the Patch and Taken in the Tree Farm, but oh my! Seraphina came into her own on this one! It was hot! It was wild and it was everything that I hoped it would be! This took this series to another level and I loved the heights it reached. The story, the aching tension, the cat and mouse game...all of it. Luke is the man of every dark romance girlie dreams. This will forever be my favorite stalker series and I can't wait to see what else is in store!!!

[Melissa LiVolsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Arc Review:
I received this as an Arc for an honest review.

I love Luke and Seraphine! These cat and mouse themed books are so fun! I love a nice spicy novella - always.
The plot twist got me though, I was 100% not expecting that. That was definitely a really fun surprise IFYKYK. Seeing all these different interactions (games) with this couple is so fun but also adorable. The spice and the games are fun and intense but seeing how they come around after and are just so blissfully happy makes me happy. I love the idea of a regular couple exploring these different things together.

[Onyx Reads Smut · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't know man, something about being chased through a vineyard gets me curious. I've read the normal pumpkin patches, forests, corn fields, but the vineyards is so different and in a sense a little romantic. I hate for the Dark Nights series to be at an end, but I have loved the chases and adventures Seraphina and Luke had. I loved that Dana kept it with them, and not making each story a different couple.

[Lauren DeFoor · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so short! I finished it in 45 minutes. I have read a lot of dark romance lately, and honestly this wasn’t dark to me at all! 🫣 I loved the cat and mouse aspect of it with Luke planning a whole Valentine’s date chasing Seraphina through their vineyard - that bought as a surprise! To be transparent, I have not read the first two books. I want to so I can get background on their relationship!

[Alyssa McMaken · Rating 4 out of 5]

If she writes it, I’m reading it. This is my third time doing an arc read for this series. It’s so much fun. I loved the twist this one had in it. I think it was such a smart move. It does get a little repetitive in books un this trope. But, this was a great way to reignite the excitement and break it up. I have been in a major book slump and have been off to a reslly slow start for the year. I enjoy getting to pick up a book like this where I can just live on the vibes and forget life for a bit.

[TheBookishGoth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series, Taken in the Tree Farm was totally my dark romance vibe (I need to reread them from book 1 though)

Luke and Seraphina are just adorable in the most unhinged, fucked up way. I mean this man, the lengths he will go to make his woman happy are beyond what most of us could dream of. Where do we get ourselves a man like this? Their love for each other is undeniable, beautiful and wild, it's just perfect.

The twist, omg the twist! Not what I expected at all and my go I loved it and need more of it. Fingers crossed Dana keeps Luke and Seraphina's story going.

Would highly recommend this book and series to anyone that loves dark, unhinged spicy romance novellas. Read them!

[Ruby Bunnell · Rating 3 out of 5]

ARC REVIEW
This story is really well written. The detail is amazing and you can really picture everything you are reading. I don’t want to spoil anything but I love their story and how you can see their trust and growth with each other. I can’t wait to see what’s next! I definitely recommend this for a quick fun read

[Sherry White · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just like the others before this one I loved that Luke does this just to make Seraphina's dreams come true. I cannot mention enough that I LOVED the way she got her revenge. the only thing I personally didn't enjoy was that Sera barely got to finish a sentence without trailing off or being interrupted. Highly recommend!

[Kez Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, spicy and unexpected. Loved the predator prey dynamic, chases through the vineyard, and all the elaborate planning and details.
Absolutely adored the flip and Seraphina making a power play.


"This is a hunt. And I'm the fucking prey"

"I think I want him to catch me again"

"My body isn't mine anymore....it's his, responding to his touch like an instrument he's spent years learning to play"

[Drishika Bikraj · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a sweet and spicy combo! Luke has done it again. In this fast-paced dark romance novella, he pulls out all the stops for Valentine’s Day. I loved the plot twist, absolutely not what I expected, but I would love to see more of it
I love Luke and Seraphina and their relationship so much! They’re a really loving couple with all the trust and spice.

[Alyssa Brannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

✨ ARC Review ✨ This was the perfect dark and twisty conclusion to the series. Luke is THE MMC, setting up these scenes. I loved the twist in this one and the setting was perfect. The spice was *chef kiss* as always.

[Marisa White · Rating 4 out of 5]

** ARC Review **
Valentines in the Vineyard is a short, spicy little gem that will satisfy that Valentines mood read craving. I love Luke and Seraphina's relationship. They are the ultimate fun couple with a lot of trust, love and spice!

[Isabelle Gorton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love, love, love! Having read Taken in the Tree Farm, I was excited for more in this next installment, and they didn't disappoint! I loved the twist in dominance. Amazing short story as we move into the month of Valentine!

[Larareads · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you to the author for giving me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was sooo fun! And spicy!

[TalieAnn Milbury · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love to see a man beg ……🤭

[Yvonne Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although I may have found some repetiveness and cheesy moments, I really enjoyed it.

We all could use a Luke in our life 😉

*I do not know why, but I expected more from Seraphina 🐸🍵

[Optimisticbooknerd · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 ⭐️

I think this will be the last installment in this series I'll be reading, I haven't really been loving them