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One Hell of a Brownie: Applecrest After Dark: Book One

by Hera Best

A bookmobile, a summoned demon, and a hometown return

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A bookmobile, a summoned demon, and a hometown return

Bel Tenley is rebuilding after leaving graduate school and a painful breakup, now running a bookmobile in her small hometown. Bas, a demon employed in Hell’s bureaucracy, arrives after Bel accidentally summons him—and finds himself reluctant to return to his job. Their growing connection faces pressure from Bel’s returning ex and Bas’s obligations back in Hell, with Thanksgiving dinner looming as a test of their new relationship. The setup pairs small-town romance and bookselling with paranormal complications, while Bel’s fresh start and Bas’s doubts about the path laid out for him give the couple distinct crossroads. This is the first book in an interconnected series.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in paranormal romance featuring a demon love interest and a bookseller protagonist.
  • Those who enjoy small-town settings, bookmobiles, and romance involving a fresh start after a breakup.
  • Readers seeking an adult romance described as spicy, with ex-partner drama and a holiday gathering.

Themes

Starting overRomance across supernatural boundariesWork and family expectationsSmall-town lifeBookselling and community

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Book overview

When Bel Tenley dropped out of a grad school program she hated and her long-time boyfriend dumped her for losing focus on their future, she said good riddance. Back in their small hometown, she's built a bookmobile business in just a few month's time, but she's living over her parents' garage, and she can't shake the feeling of failure left over from quitting school. Oh, and her ex? He's already engaged to the girl he told Bel not to worry about.

Bas hates his job in Hell as an office grunt, stirring up the sin of wrath in mortal lives. Under pressure to earn a promotion and follow in his father's footsteps, he's going through the motions until a cute bookseller accidentally summons him to a small mountain town where the locals spill tea with abandon. He knows he should try to get back to work, but this might be just the shakeup his life needs. One thing leads to another, and before long he's feeling things demons don't usually feel, and he's not sure he ever wants to go home.

Now Bel's ex is home for the holidays, and Hell is calling Bas back to work. As tension mounts and the things they aren't saying to each other get louder and louder, can a bookseller and a wrath demon make it through Thanksgiving dinner to a happily ever after?

If you want cozy Stars Hollow vibes with a dash of demon hijinks and lots of spice, this is the small-town paranormal romance for you.

Small-town paranormal romance with Stars Hollow vibes
Bookworms in love
Sweet FMC starting over
Spicy Bookmobile/book club
Cinnamon Roll demon MMC
So preciously morally gray
Ex drama
Touch her and perish by a thousand infuriating inconveniences
He falls first but doesn't know how to say it
spice and dirty talk
First in an interconnected series

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