Beautiful Nightmare

Gemma is a sleep paralysis demon, and frightening humans is supposed to be the easy part of the job. Her first solo haunting sends her to Caleb, a man she is meant to terrify.

Caleb does not scare. He is a romantic who believes in every kind of supernatural creature, and when Gemma appears in her pink-skinned, horned form, he finds her more alluring than alarming.

The haunting turns into a steamy night together, and Gemma starts to feel things she did not expect from an assignment. Beside Caleb she does not feel monstrous at all.

She has to decide between the duties that come with being a demon and the man who has changed how she sees herself.

At about 52 pages, published by Montlake in 2025 as an Amazon Original Story, it is meant to be read in one sitting. It belongs to the Scared Sexy collection of stand-alone Halloween romances, and Gemma's choice arrives before the night is out.