Available as a paperback. Releases 10/2/26.
Pickup Location: The Little Bubblegum Bookshop, 103 Wickenden Street, Providence, RI. You will be notified by email when it is available.
Shipping: Orders will begin shipping after 10/2/26. If you’re ordering multiple books with different release dates, please place separate orders to avoid delays.
Hidden deep within the Appalachian Mountains, the Knucklebone Brothers rule over their family’s abandoned carnival, where rusted rides groan in the wind, faded circus tents conceal generations of dark secrets, and Halloween never truly ends. Feared throughout the hollers as little more than a ghost story, the masked brothers have spent decades protecting the family legacy buried beneath the midway.
When Rory is taken captive, she discovers the legends are far more terrifying than anyone ever imagined. The brothers didn’t choose her by chance, and they have no intention of letting her leave. As she is pulled deeper into their decaying world of twisted traditions, forgotten folklore, and blood-soaked rituals, she begins to unravel the truth behind the carnival… and the family that has kept it alive for generations.
In the Appalachian Mountains, some stories are passed down as warnings.
Others are still waiting for their next victim.
Welcome to the carnival.
Come home, pretty thing.
Athena E.S. is a dark romance author writing stories where obsession is currency and devotion is dangerous.
Available as a paperback. Releases 10/2/26.
Pickup Location: The Little Bubblegum Bookshop, 103 Wickenden Street, Providence, RI. You will be notified by email when it is available.
Shipping: Orders will begin shipping after 10/2/26. If you’re ordering multiple books with different release dates, please place separate orders to avoid delays.
Hidden deep within the Appalachian Mountains, the Knucklebone Brothers rule over their family’s abandoned carnival, where rusted rides groan in the wind, faded circus tents conceal generations of dark secrets, and Halloween never truly ends. Feared throughout the hollers as little more than a ghost story, the masked brothers have spent decades protecting the family legacy buried beneath the midway.
When Rory is taken captive, she discovers the legends are far more terrifying than anyone ever imagined. The brothers didn’t choose her by chance, and they have no intention of letting her leave. As she is pulled deeper into their decaying world of twisted traditions, forgotten folklore, and blood-soaked rituals, she begins to unravel the truth behind the carnival… and the family that has kept it alive for generations.
In the Appalachian Mountains, some stories are passed down as warnings.
Others are still waiting for their next victim.
Welcome to the carnival.
Come home, pretty thing.
Athena E.S. is a dark romance author writing stories where obsession is currency and devotion is dangerous.
