About the book

Lucy Bennett knows every cobblestone, every porch light, and every secret Hollow Creek has ever tried to keep. What she doesn’t expect is to fall for a stranger behind a mask at the town’s annual Black Veil Masquerade — a night of stolen glances and a connection she can’t explain.

Cole Mercer has wanted her for eight years. He just never had the nerve to say so without a mask on.

When the truth comes out, Lucy has to decide whether the man behind the mask is exactly who she thought — or something far more complicated. Because in a town this small, some feelings don’t stay hidden for long. And some love stories were never really new — just finally seen.

The Sweetest Kind of Scary is a cozy, spooky-season slow burn about masks, small-town secrets, and falling for the person who’s been in front of you all along.