Tryst or Treat by N.R. Scarano

An enemies to lovers, age gap romance with mafia vibes… but with vampires and witches.

Locked in a centuries-long war for the control of Halloween, vampires and witches finally signed a tenuous peace treaty to keep the bloodshed at bay, but when Vlad, the vampire leader, learns his son plans to marry the coven’s heir, he races to stop the wedding. He agreed to the ceasefire out of necessity, but he cannot allow his son to marry the enemy. Yet everything changes the moment he sees HER.
Belladonna, the young and beautiful heir to the witch’s coven, believes marrying her vampire boyfriend will help solidify the peace treaty, but on their wedding day, her fiancé’s father steals her for himself, forcing her to marry him instead without explanation. Vlad is as brutal and terrifying as he is handsome, and with her coven in danger, she has no choice but to wed the ancient vampire. Suddenly married to her ex’s dad and a stranger, Belladonna fights her fear and attraction, because as dangerous as her new husband is, she can’t fight the magic coiling between them.
Vlad tries to keep his young wife at a distance, but her beauty and personality are spellbinding. He can’t resist the enemy living in his house for the second he laid eyes on her, he knew she was meant for him. Belladonna refuses to make this arranged marriage easy, though. She aggravates him every chance she gets, but with Halloween around the corner, something sinister is brewing. An unknown evil threatens to undo their newfound peace and happiness, but no matter how many tricks he needs to pull off, Vlad is determined to save his new wife. Her growing love is a treat his dark soul doesn’t deserve, and as Halloween dawns, will love trick or treat them?

Tryst or Treat is a full-length, enemies to lovers, age gap, arranged marriage, her ex’s dad, paranormal mafia vibes but make it vampires and witches with an ever-increasing number of black cats Halloween Romance that can be enjoyed all year round. It’s meant for mature audiences. Please see the Author’s note inside for more information.