A.J Merlin

Every town has a history.

Ours is just a little darker than most.

For years I’ve celebrated Halloween and Hollow Bridge’s history with everyone else who lives here. Parades, festivals, and insane Halloween parties have always been a staple for us. Some bad behavior is expected, given what we’re celebrating. 

But murder has never been on the table before.

Someone in Hollow Bridge wants to bring the stories to life, and they’re not firing any warning shots. When rumors of someone wearing a Halloween mask surface, it isn’t long before the first person is killed. 

No one is safe, but when I end up with a serial killer kneeling over me and a knife at my throat, I expect to be the next victim of the Hollow Bridge killer. I don’t expect for him to speak to me, from behind the garish mask he wears.

“Who should be the next to die, Bailey?”

Inexplicably, he lets me go. But I’m never going to be safe from him. 

Because he wants more from me than just a name.



Don’t Be Scared is a full-length, MMF standalone for anyone looking for a spicy and dark Halloween read. It contains graphic violence, darker kinks, and murder. For a full list of triggers, please use the look inside feature.

Don’t Be Scared

I tell myself that I need to end this before I’m the one with a knife in my stomach; that Oliver and Rook are the worst kind of people and certainly not capable of love.

Until the unthinkable happens when they aren’t around, leaving me broken, hurting, and confused. Suddenly I can’t tell what’s right or wrong anymore, and their darkness beckons to all of my broken edges, promising me something I can’t find outside of their embrace.

But once I give into the darkness they offer, I’ll never be able to go back to who I was.

And that’s exactly what they want.


Pretty Little Killer is the second book of the Pretty Obsessions series. It includes MMF, MFM, MM, and mature content. To see a full list of possible triggers, use the look inside feature of the book.

Pretty Obsessions #2

Pretty Little KIller

𝗢𝗻𝗲, 𝘁𝘄𝗼, 𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.

I never would have accepted his help if I’d known what he’d do.

When the stranger who got me out of a mess in Springwood turns the town into a slaughterhouse in my name, I do the only thing I can do.

𝘐 𝘳𝘶𝘯.

Not far enough, though, because I can feel him in Akron, looking for me. But he wants to take me home, and I can’t go back. Not after what he did.

Especially when I know that more than anything, he wants me home with him.

But when his words betray how he really feels, and instead of violence from the monster of Springwood, I get something completely different. Will I be tricked into going home after all?

𝗢𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲?

𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘍 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 ‘𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬’ 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨

Pleasure & Prey #3

Vicious

Nothing bad happens at summer camp.

That’s what my fellow camp counselors have convinced me of when the nights around the lake get a little eerie.

But when the kids all go home and the counselors throw a party on our last night at Camp Clearwater, things change. None of us could have suspected that there was a stranger watching us or that our machete-wielding visitor doesn’t seem to like that we’re here. But when I'm attacked in the woods, he unexpectedly comes to my rescue in the most ruthless way.

Wren is terrifying, unpredictable, and possessive in a way that terrifies me. I should go to the police and stay away from him at all costs. Instead, I find myself letting him in every time he comes to play.

Can a brutal butcher ever really fall for me, or am I going to become his next victim?

Brutal is a contemporary dark romance standalone set in the Pleasure & Prey universe. This is an MF romance. Please see author’s note at the front of the book using the ‘look inside the book’ feature for a full list of content warnings. 

Pleasure & Prey #2

Brutal

The complete series omnibus contains both Vile Boys and Wicked Girl.

It also contains exclusive bonus content.

Nothing says welcome to your dream University like dead bodies and a warning to stay in my lane.

It’s almost impossible to get into Winter Grove University, so when I’m accepted on scholarship, I know my life will change for the better. Or will it?

When an alpha starts harassing me to join his pack, I’m left with no choice but to tell him I belong to another. The thing is, I name drop the richest, most notorious pack on campus.

Dorian, Foster, and August aren’t happy when they find out, and the tension between us grows. These vile boys know how to hold a grudge, but when I’m forced to spend time with them, I can’t stop the connection that’s growing between us.

With a killer closer than we thought, will I lose everything I’ve ever wanted or will I become the omega I never thought I could be?

The Knot Their Toy duet is an omegaverse whychoose romance with M/M, poly, and bullying.

Knot Their Toy: The Complete Duet

Life is so hard when you want to live like a magpie, stealing anything shiny you find, but you live in a small town where everyone knows your face.

Nothing exciting ever happens here, unless you count us getting our very own movie rental shop right next to the sheriff’s station.

Which, for the record, I don’t.

That is, nothing exciting happens until my roommate is murdered and her body washes up on the riverbank for the police to find.

Confused and angry, all I can really do is move on and let the police handle things…right?

Wrong. I can use the questionable life skills God saw fit to give me and be the best stalker-I mean, investigator-anyone has ever seen.

Until four sexy as sin strangers waltz into town like we’re some kind of fun tourist destination rather than the most boring place on earth.

Lysander, Azriel, Nikos, and Rhys don’t belong in this town. Something’s off with them. Something is wrong behind their shrewd gazes and swoon-worthy looks. More suspicious still, they show up right as my roommate was found, and the reasons they give for coming here are flimsy at best.

At worst? I’m starting to think they killed her, or they know who did.

Is it coincidence that they’re here just after the first murder in over a decade occurs?

And even if I’m wrong, what happens if the dust settles and I can’t keep living the only life I know?

Well, let's just hope my body doesn't end up in the river too.

18+ Dark Reverse Harem Romance. PWK contains graphic sex scenes and detailed violent acts that may be triggering for some readers. There are also MM and MMFMM scenes and relationships.

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