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Step into a sanctuary of Wicked Tales & Wild Romances, where we explore the most captivating corners of dark fantasy and heart-tugging rom-coms. This is more than just a reading log; it’s a collection of Curated Chronicles for the Modern She-Wolf who isn’t afraid to get lost in the shadows or fall for the monster. ​Whether it’s a slow-burn magic system or a spicy contemporary trope, every story here is chosen to be Wildly Devoured.
  • THE ROOMMATE ARRANGEMENT

    THE ROOMMATE ARRANGEMENT

    By: Samantha Markhum
    Narrator(s): Laura Knight Keating
    Pub Date: AVAILABLE NOW!
    Genre: Contemporary Romance

    Rating (Story): 🌕🌕🌕🌗
    Rating (Narration):👄👄👄💋
    Heat Level: 🔥🔥(Wolf Whistle)
    Tropes: Enemies, Second Chance, Deals, Found Family

    PUBLISHER’S SYNOPSIS

    Blair might be a little type-A, but she never thought of herself as completely overbearing … that is, until her two best friends drop her from their housing arrangement a week before her pre-college summer coding program is about to start.

    Blair knows if she switches to an on-campus dorm, her parents will make her give up her expensive sculpture class with her dream mentor in order to pay for it. Desperate, she agrees to be the fifth roommate to four off-campus sophomores who are also in a last-minute bind. But things get complicated when one of her new roommates turns out to be her brother’s best friend, Jamie Atwater.

    Blair begs Jamie not to tell her brother about the new living arrangement. Her brother would go straight to their parents, who would definitely not approve, and all her plans would fall apart. So they strike a deal: she’ll help him finish coding the app he’s building if he promises to keep her secret.

    Spending more time together shouldn’t be a problem. Sure, Jamie has a new haircut, a mysterious tattoo, and a year’s worth of earned muscle, but it’s not like Blair is noticing. After all, they’re only roommates, right?

    REVIEW

    If you like found family and enemies-to-more-than-friends and he fell first, I think you’ll really enjoy The Roommate Arrangement. It’s a study in high expectations and what happens when a Type A personality meets failure for the first time. The drivers for pacing are a mixed bag. Yes, the romance is super important and good, but the rest of the story has all the earmarks of an excellent drama. Heartbreak, triumph, betrayal, etc. It’s a well told story with characters that feel like real people, even the tertiary characters.

    We have it all here. The super hateable, characters with real flaws who don’t always make the best decisions, relationships that take real work, and endings that may not be entirely HEA and roses, but they are satisfying. Yeah, I cried at some points–let’s not make a huge deal out of it, but when you read/listen (because you should!) You’ll get it. I also laughed, y’all. Don’t look at me like that. It’s not all rainbows, but it’s not all rainclouds. It’s the whole storm, from beginning to the end. From when the clouds roll in to when the sun comes out after and the world feels new. And I love a good storm.

    Thanks to NetGalley and RBMedia for the advanced Audiobook copy in exchange for a fair and honest review!

  • THE CUPID DILEMMA

    THE CUPID DILEMMA

    By: April Asher
    Pub Date: 5/12/2026
    Genre: Supernatural RomCom

    Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌙
    Heat Level: 🔥🔥🔥 (Howl)
    Tropes: Fake Dating

    PUBLISHER’S SYNOPSIS

    A lover of love and a champion for happily ever after. Those are two of many things people expect from Aphrodite’s daughter. To Adalyn Whitlock, ‘love’ pays the bills, and currently, not well. Business is dropping at Happily Ever Forever, with her latest wedding planning catastrophe ending in a negative social media storm and her sister Maxi’s matchmaking ability on the fritz. To top it off, there’s an ex-boyfriend calling her ‘the Anti-Aphrodite’ and paparazzi pics linking Addie to her new client’s older brother.

    Phoenix “Nix” Cross—songwriter and drummer for the hot new band, The Stone Talons—is no saint, but he’s far from the womanizer the band’s image rep bestowed on him. If anything, Nix is a romantic, hopeful he’ll find a love like the one his parents share. With the band’s star quickly rising and the record label pressuring him to deliver their next hit, Nix’s writer’s block couldn’t have come at a worse time. But when he opens his door to his irate new next-door neighbor, Nix feels the brief flash of inspiration for the first time in ages. And it just so happens that his new Muse is none other than his little sister’s new wedding planner.

    With Addie needing an end to her public-relations nightmare and the record label breathing down Nix’s neck, the pair agree to a fauxmance. But what happens when the emotions turned on for the cameras don’t turn off?

    REVIEW

    I always enjoy a cozy supernatural romcom and Asher has yet to disappoint me on that front. I love this new direction with Greek gods playing a part in the overarching plot line and I’m hoping we will get to see other members of Happily Ever Forever get theirs.

    Addie is such a vibe and Nix is spicy hot. I really loved their meet cute and the relationship that flowed even before the fake dating contract came into play. It was so clear that Nix was already so far past the ability to keep professional distance from Addie even before they signed on the dotted line. The body positivity (thick babes will always be my fave type of protagonist in a spicy romance) and the “finding your power” plot always bring something delicious to the table.

    I did find the plot to be a little formulaic. That’s not always a bad thing–sometimes that is exactly what you need. That said, the spice was spicing, the heat was heating, and it set up a solid foundation for a new trilogy!

    Thanks to NetGalley and St Martin’s Press for the advanced ebook copy in exchange for a fair and honest review!!

  • PLUS SIZE MISADVENTURES IN LOVE!: VOLUME 2

    PLUS SIZE MISADVENTURES IN LOVE!: VOLUME 2

    By mamakari. AVAILABLE NOW!

    By: mamakari
    Pub Date: Available Now!
    Genre: RomCom Graphic Novel

    Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌗
    Heat Level: 🔥 (Tame)
    Tropes: Crush RomCom

    PUBLISHER’S SYNOPSIS

    All Yumeko ever saw were her flaws. Her unhappy outlook infected not just her, but everyone around her, too. It’s only after a car accident that leaves Yumeko with amnesia that she wakes up with a brand-new lease on life, one that attracts all kinds of adventures and maybe even love.

    REVIEW

    This is the second volume, so you might want to start woth thr first, but you get the picture from this. Yumeko’s accident takes away all of her self consciousness and she sees herself as beautiful in a way that may be confusing to others, but to have that kind of unbridled confidence and lack of caring about what anyone else says would be a dream everyone would love to achieve. The art is cute and the crushing and main character are absolutely adorable. If you need a cute and silly Manga, this is the perfect option.

    Thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for the advanced ebook copy in exchange for a fair and honest review!

  • PSYCHO FAE

    PSYCHO FAE

    BY Jaymin Eve. Now Available!
    Genre: Romantasy, Reverse Harem W/ Bi Rep

    Rating: 🌕🌕🌕
    Heat Level: 🔥🔥🔥 (Yearning–The Anticipation is Killing Me!)
    Tropes: Reverse Harem, Touch Her and ☠️

    PUBLISHER’S SYNOPSIS

    Are you ready to enter into a new realm?
    It’s an all-out fight for survival in the deadly gladiator Fae Games.
    I shifted into a saber-toothed tiger…but that was just the beginning.
    Jax, Cobra, and Ascher are now my teammates.
    Once again, we’re fighting for our lives. And our futures.
    But nothing is as it seems, and for every secret we uncover, another unfolds.

    Under the spiteful watch of Xerxes and the evil Fae Queen, it’s not clear we’re going to survive.
    Can we work together? Or will we implode?

    One thing is for sure, I’m about to uncover my destiny.
    Power is in my veins.

    REVIEW:

    Psycho Fae is a mix of Gladiator and ACOTAR, but make it Reverse Harem full of shifters and fae. The action is fast and the characters are still obsessed with our MC. The fight scenes are pretty great, though as with any fantasy it can be unrealistic at times (duh). The heat is what really kept me going. Those boys were beyond. But I also loved the tertiary friendship relationships that started to grow, and there’s a surprising addition to the gang that is pretty swoonworthy.

    Overall, it was pretty good and kept my attention, even during the parts when FMC was starting to get on my nerves. Girl, you had a hard life–your skin should be thicker than this!

    Thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade for the free ebook copy in exchange for a fair and honest review!

  • THE BOYFRIEND

    THE BOYFRIEND

    By: Seth Sherwood
    Pub Date: 2/24/2026 – NOW AVAILABLE
    Genre: Horror (Graphic Novel)

    Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕
    Creep Level: 👻👻👻

    Art: 🎨🎨🎨🎨

    PUBLISHER’S SYNOPSIS

    Chloe, an outcast teen relentlessly bullied by everyone, conjures up an imaginary boyfriend to boost her confidence and win the approval of her peers. To her surprise, the plan works, and she soon lands a real boyfriend, believing her life has finally turned around. But her excitement turns to terror when the imaginary lover she created comes to life, determined to eliminate anyone who stands in the way of their twisted connection.

    REVIEW

    Girlfriend is the supernatural stalker graphic horror novel you didn’t know you needed. If you’re the spooky goth girl, you might know what it’s like to have people be less than nice to you, but when it’s your own twin sister, that can be a special level of hell. Especially when your parents drag you to summer on the beach with only your immediate family. Sometimes its necessary to make your own fun, though probably summoning an entity bent on your happiness by whatever means possible, including horrific murder, might be a little over the top.

    A surprising story of eldritch horror and sisterly bonding told through beautiful art, this is definitely one for the shelves.

    Thanks to NetGalley and Mad Cave Studios for the advanced ebook copy in exchange for a fair and honest review!

  • WHILE YOU WERE SEETHING

    WHILE YOU WERE SEETHING

    By: Charlotte Stein
    Pub Date: 4/14/2026
    Genre: Contemporary RomCom

    Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
    Heat Level: 🔥🔥🔥🔥(Feral)
    Tropes: Rivals to Lovers, Second Chance, He Falls First

    PUBLISHER’S SYNOPSIS

    Daisy Emmett has been enemies with famous romance author Caleb Miller since they were in college together, and time hasn’t lessened their mutual loathing. So when she agrees to manoeuvre him through a PR disaster of his own making, she knows it’s not going to be easy. She just doesn’t realise how not easy until they somehow end up trapped in the same truck, on an endless road trip from one book tour stop to another, bantering and butting heads along the way.

    Then, even more horrifying: people appear to be mistaking her for the woman he dedicates all his books to. The love of his life, his adored beloved—the one who doesn’t actually exist. Now they’re trapped into pretending she does and that Daisy is her, each fake kiss and phoney embrace ratcheting up the tension to the point where enemies suddenly seems a lot closer to lovers than either of them would like.

    Or so they’re telling themselves.

    But sometimes it’s hard to be sure, when seething turns into something so much more…

    REVIEW

    Oh Charlotte Stein. You truly know how to write a will they/won’t they romance scene, and your spicy scenes are *chefs kiss*. I couldn’t put my Kindle down for a moment while reading this. Even when I had to I was wondering what Daisy and Caleb were up to. Enemies to lovers is my absolute favorite trope and I LOVED the execution on this one. Caleb made Daisy feel more comfortable with who she was and how she was, and she provided him the path that would allow himself the permission to enjoy life. I also loved how absolutely FERAL he was for her. I love Charlotte Stein’s contemporary romances and I truly hope she continues to write them and grow as an author. ❤️

    Thanks to NetGalley and St Martin’s Press for the advanced ebook copy in exchange for a fair and honest review!

  • LOVELY BAD THINGS

    LOVELY BAD THINGS

    By: Trisha Wolfe
    Pub Date: NOW AVAILABLE
    Genre: Dark Academia Erotic Romance

    Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌗
    Heat Level: 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (feral)
    Tropes: Dark Academia, Enemies to Lovers, Morally Dark MMC

    Narrators: Sebastian York & Lucy Rivers, Duet Style

    PUBLISHER’S SYNOPSIS

    He’s the devil. And she’s his wicked game. An enemies-to-lovers dark academia romance with a thrilling twist and epic love story from the disturbed mind that brought you the Darkly, Madly Duet.

    Halen:

    They say eyes are the windows to the soul—but when he looks at me through hues of slate-green and flaring blue embers, I’m terrified of what’s watching me from behind his clashing gaze, something primal and feverish that threatens to melt me like fire in ice.

    I fear falling into Kallum Locke’s pitch-black soul.

    But after I’m called to a crime scene to investigate the most gruesome act of violence to descend on the legendary town of Hollow’s Row, I have no choice but to turn to Kallum, to the man I had locked away in an asylum for the criminally insane.

    He’s the leading expert on all things Nietzsche and occult. And now, to get answers, I’m forced to make a deal with the devil himself.

    Kallum: Really, eyes are the windows to the soul? Then I wonder what little Halen St. James thinks of all the cryptic eyes watching her in the killing fields… I wonder if the hairs on her delicate nape lifted away, if a thrilling shiver raced over her soft skin. She’s desperate for the answer, and she’ll do anything to uncover it—even make a deal with me, dangling freedom like bait on a hook.

    But she’s far more tempting to sink my teeth into than any lure.

    REVIEW

    If you’ve ever seen or read Silence of the Lambs, it’s like that but as an erotic romance. If Hannibal Lector were younger and a scholar of the occult and Clarice had a darker and more tragic past.

    This is definitely not a book for everyone. It’s a very dark romance with a lot of trigger warnings. I can’t decide whether this or Haunting Adeline is darker, but if you liked one, you most likely would enjoy the other.

    I am a fan of dark romance. I don’t always write out my reviews, but I’ve read most of the Lights Out series, love Brynn Weaver, and have listened to quite a few audiobooks of the genre, usually in Duet (love a good Duet!). With this rebranding into LWL and being far more of a romance-based blog, it makes sense to include darker ‘romantic’ material, so here you go.

    The mix of occult, obsession, and the with the will they won’t they trope, this is a deliciously dark cocoa nib of dark romance. Kallum is definitely a villain, and Halen is morally Grey and a little broken, but also a total baddie who hunts serial killers. By the end of this, some mystery still exists, but there are some dark scenes that keep us satisfied in the meantime. But you really need to heed the TWs on this one. It’s very dark and is NOT the introductory story you want if you’re just now diving into dark romance. You might want to give Love Me, Stalk Me by Laura Bishop. LINK BELOW:

    LOVE ME STALK ME BY LAURA BISHOP

  • I GOT ABDUCTED BY ALIENS AND NOW I’M TRAPPED IN A ROM-COM

    I GOT ABDUCTED BY ALIENS AND NOW I’M TRAPPED IN A ROM-COM

    By Kimberley Lemming. NOW AVAILABLE!

    Genre: Scifi RomCom

    Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

    Heat: 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (Feral)

    Tropes: Forced Proximity, Mated, Why Choose?, Touch her and ☠️

    PUBLISHER’S SYNOPSIS

    Dorothy Valentine is close to getting her PhD in wildlife biology when she’s attacked by a lion. On the bright side, she’s saved! On the not-so-bright side, it’s because they’re abducted by aliens. In her scramble to escape, Dory and the lion commandeer an escape pod and crash-land on an alien planet that has…dinosaurs?

    Dory and her new lion bestie, Toto, are saved in the nick of time by a mysterious and sexy alien, Sol. On their new adventure, they team up with the equally hot, equally dangerous Lok, who may or may not be a war criminal. Whether it be trauma, fate, or intrigue, Dory can’t resist the attraction that’s developing in their trio….

    As this ragtag group of misfits explore their new planet, Dory learns more about how and why they’ve all ended up together, battles more prehistoric creatures than she imagined (she imagined…zero), and questions if she even wants to go back home to Earth in this hilarious and steamy alien romance adventure comedy romp.

    LADY WOLF’S REVIEW

    This book was the most deliciously nutty survivalist alien story. It reminded me a bit of Ice Planet Barbarians but didn’t take itself too seriously. It was super funny and super spicy.
    There were times I was really confused about the planet the MMCs came from, but it’s one of those that you just gotta roll past those questions and let yourself enjoy the hilarity.

    Dory and Toto really made this for me, though. I think it was such an amazing choice on Lemming’s part to start our interplanetary journey to a terraformed planet with a protagonist who understands biology and can  interpret what the hell is going on and why the planet is so bonkers (hint: bureaucracy getting in the way of science naturally).

    I also really enjoyed the parts with the Biwban. It makes it so clear why the planet was the way it was. For lack of better term, it really humanized them.

    We can’t forget the spice, though! Two hot alien dudes who are hell bent on pleasuring and protecting their mate? Sign me up.

    Thanks to NetGalley and Berkeley Publishing for the free ebook copy in exchange for a fair and honest review!!

  • ARTIFICIAL

    By Maria Llovet. Pub Date 4/14/2026

    Rating:

    PUBLISHER’S SYNOPSIS:

    “Clara, a fashion stylist disillusioned with love, turns to a futuristic dating service offering lifelike android partners. But when her dream lover glitches into a possessive stalker, she finds herself trapped in a game of desire, control, and survival.”

    REVIEW

    Maria Llovet delivers another sexy scifi graphic novel with plenty of spicy scenes and questionable tech-gone-wrong.

    Artificial reminded me of  Crave, another work by Llovet, though on a more micro scale. Her graphic novels seem to deal a lot with the dark side of sex and tech and how wrong it can go when you aren’t paying attention to what you are agreeing to or companies put aside ethics and morality in a way that makes consumers unsafe. The art is tasteful and perfectly tells the story and brings the very human experiences forward where they belong. It’s a healthy reminder that no matter what we think tech can do for us, it will never be as fulfilling as what we can do for one another.

    Thanks to NetGalley and Image Comics for the advanced ebook copy in exchange for a fair and honest review.

  • THE DATING PACT

    THE DATING PACT

    BY Lulu Morris. Pub Date 1/15/2026

    Rating: 4.5*s

    PUBLISHER’S SYNOPSIS

    When Ellie bluffs her way into a high-end party with her best friend, the last thing she expects is to end up going home with infamous actor Alex King, because he’s too drunk to remember what hotel he’s staying in. But when the paparazzi catch them together the morning after, their new friendship suddenly becomes the tabloids’ front page.

    Alex needs a plus-one. Not only is his brother marrying his ex, but he’s become the villain in the eyes of the press. With a loved-up date by his side, the public might finally see him as moving on and his new play might finally get the ticket sales it needs to not close down.

    But a wedding in the Bahamas, surrounded by gorgeous celebrities, with the paparazzi lurking everywhere, is plus-sized Ellie’s worst nightmare. Even as Alex’s displays of affectionate become more real and less fake, will she lose a part of herself during their pact?

    REVIEW

    This was such a cute thick babe romance. Alex and Ellie have been through the wringer personally and professionally and it’s surprising that the spark they have when they meet doesn’t catch the entire bar on fire. The fake dating trope is a fun one, and the setting and deepness of the characters make it that much more intriguing. I do love a good dual POV–matter of fact, they are my favorite type of romance.

    I really loved both of the MMCs and how they presented themselves to the world and balanced one another. Alex and his struggles being seen by his family, and Ellie and her body issues, which I totally could commiserate with. They really became good friends even with all of the drama, and that made the chemistry so much better. I do wish we had more depth with the other characters, but the hateable ones were super hateable and the loveable characters made you want to squeeze them.

    I highly recommend this to the thick babes romance readers who also love a good faux dating trope!

    Thanks to NetGalley and Canelo for an advanced ebook copy in exchange for a fair and honest review!