Frightful Loves Series by Cassandra Gannon, Elizabeth Gannon

Nevermore County, 1922: Slaughter at a speakeasy! A mysterious creature has killed all the revelers at an illegal bar. It left nothing behind but bottles of tainted moonshine and a trail of orange slime.For a bootlegger like Mabel Harrison, this situation could be a professional catastrophe. Now, she’s got to team up with the most prominent gangster around to discover who made the poisoned liquor. Unfortunately, Boyd Cassiday is also her too-handsome, too-charming ex-boss... moreNevermore County, 1922: Slaughter at a speakeasy! A mysterious creature has killed all the revelers at an illegal bar. It left nothing behind but bottles of tainted moonshine and a trail of orange slime.For a bootlegger like Mabel Harrison, this situation could be a professional catastrophe. Now, she’s got to team up with the most prominent gangster around to discover who made the poisoned liquor. Unfortunately, Boyd Cassiday is also her too-handsome, too-charming ex-boss. Mabel is still furious that the big idiot fired her. Somehow they need to work together, though, because an ooze monster is hunting the streets of their small town. …And it might just have its sights set on Mabel.Welcome to Nevermore County, where falling in love can be terrifying!(M/F, HEA, no cheating, 54,000 words, is part of a series but is a stand-alone story which can be read in any order.) less

Nevermore County, 1780: Rivers of blood in the fields! A “Beast” has killed over one hundred people in the sleepy farming village of Tarasque Creek. Nothing seems able to catch the unseen monster prowling the shadows, leaving terrified residents huddled in their homes.For Captain Gideon Wlkwos, killing a man in the war for American Independence is very much the same as killing a monster, if both are trying to kill him. Unfortunately, Gideon is a soldier, not a hunter... moreNevermore County, 1780: Rivers of blood in the fields! A “Beast” has killed over one hundred people in the sleepy farming village of Tarasque Creek. Nothing seems able to catch the unseen monster prowling the shadows, leaving terrified residents huddled in their homes.For Captain Gideon Wlkwos, killing a man in the war for American Independence is very much the same as killing a monster, if both are trying to kill him. Unfortunately, Gideon is a soldier, not a hunter. If he ever wants to get back to the real war and escape this dead-end monster hunt assignment, he needs to slay this beast as quickly as possible. Especially since due to the peculiarities of Nevermore County’s legal system, he has found himself “married” to a woman he does not know. Verlaine Gévaudan, a spirited yet allegedly insane local huntress who the people of town call “The Mad Trapper’s Daughter.”Together, they will need to stop a mysterious wolf-like predator which is feasting on the innocent townsfolk, come to terms with the limits of their fake marriage (which might not be so fake after all), and try not to kill each other in the process. Welcome to Nevermore County, where falling in love can be terrifying!(M/F, HEA, no cheating, forced marriage, Revolutionary War romance, 100,000+ words, is part of a series but is a stand-alone story which can be read in any order. Book 1 of Frightful Loves is Love vs the Ooze Monster! by Cassandra Gannon.) less

Nevermore County, 2000: Lori Hatake’s future isn’t going how she’d hoped. She’s broke, her boyfriend ran off with her cousin, and she just witnessed a grisly murder. A demonic Scarecrow killed a woman at the annual bonfire party, right in front of Lori’s eyes. The monster needs to be stopped, before it strikes again!Unfortunately, no one believes her wild tale, except for Dashiell Mommet. The ex-football player is the town bad boy, distractingly handsome, and a notorious idiot... moreNevermore County, 2000: Lori Hatake’s future isn’t going how she’d hoped. She’s broke, her boyfriend ran off with her cousin, and she just witnessed a grisly murder. A demonic Scarecrow killed a woman at the annual bonfire party, right in front of Lori’s eyes. The monster needs to be stopped, before it strikes again!Unfortunately, no one believes her wild tale, except for Dashiell Mommet. The ex-football player is the town bad boy, distractingly handsome, and a notorious idiot. For some reason, Dash is willing to search the cornfields with Lori and she needs all the help she can get. In Mommetville, an evil force has been hunting women for a hundred years. As the new millennium dawns, it has its sights set on a fresh crop of victims. …And one of them is Lori.Welcome to Nevermore County, where falling in love can be terrifying!70,000 wordsHappily ever afterMale/Female romanceFriends to loversBest friend’s brotherSports star male main characterAlthough the books in the Frightful Loves series are all set in Nevermore County, the stories are not connected and can be read in any order. less