Book Spotlight: Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison

 

Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison

Publisher: Berkley Publisher

Publication Date: September 1, 2026

Format: Hardcover - 318 pages

               Audiobook - 10 Hours 27 Minutes

               Kindle - 318 pages

               Nook - 336 pages

ISBN (Hardcover): 979-8217188581

ASIN (Audiobook): B0GFYHWMTM

ASIN (Kindle): B0G76FT1G3

BNID (Nook): 979-8217188581

Genre: Horror

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Every wedding guest’s worst nightmare is on repeat in this wild and twisty new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of So Thirsty and Play Nice.

It’s the picture-perfect wedding weekend: The venue is dreamy, the weather is beautiful, love is in the air—and Willa Sullivan is having a bad time. She’s excited to celebrate her best friends’ finally having the big wedding they’ve always wanted, but this is the first time she’s seen her ex-fiancé in months, and he brought a date. Everything feels off, like she stumbled into an alternate universe. But things start to look up when Willa meets Danny, the groom’s charming and single childhood best friend. When they sneak off together, their rendezvous is interrupted by a masked killer terrorizing the reception. Willa and Danny fight to save the ones they love and survive the night, but the killer is unrelenting. A final girl Willa is not.

Or is she? She wakes up and it’s the morning of the wedding. She just had the most intense nightmare of her life. Only as the day unfolds, there are some uncanny coincidences that make her question whether it was really a dream, déjà vu, or something more sinister. After a horrifying turn of events, Willa comes to understand that she’s stuck in a loop of carnage and terror that she must learn how to escape or else suffer a fate worse than death—being an eternal wedding guest.

About The Author

Rachel Harrison is the New York Times Bestselling author of PLAY NICE, SO THIRSTY, BLACK SHEEP, SUCH SHARP TEETH, CACKLE, and THE RETURN. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and in her debut story collection BAD DOLLS. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and their cat/overlord. Her next novel, KISS SLAY REPLAY, was recently published on September 1, 2026, from Berkley in the US and Titan in the UK.

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When The Night Comes Knocking by Katherine Daniel (Book Review)

 

 

When The Night Comes Knocking by Katherine Daniel

Publisher: Berkley Publishing / Penguin Random House

Publication Date: October 20, 2026

Format: Hardcover - 304 pages

               Audiobook - 9 Hours 14 Minutes

               Kindle - 302 pages

               Nook - 304 pages

ISBN (Hardcover): 979-8217191338

ASIN (Audiobook): B0GM4TDYVJ

ASIN (Kindle): B0GHVB81HL

BNID (Nook): 979-8217191352

Genre: Horror

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In this Appalachian horror novel, two estranged siblings become trapped in a convenience store under attack by a monster from the mountains who feasts on guilty hearts.

Rattle, rattle in the dark…

The mountain’s bones seek out a heart.

Jane has not spoken to her brother Thomas since the accident that nearly killed them both. Their drive from college through the North Georgia mountains is uncomfortably silent, until they stop at a roadside convenience store, where a man stumbles in with a mutilated body, claiming to have been attacked by a monster.

At first, no one believes the man’s ravings, but when the next person to leave the store is brutally killed, they fear that local legend might be

There’s a beast in these mountains who feasts on guilty hearts… and someone among them has lured it out of hiding.

Jane and Thomas each harbor secrets, but so do the other patrons, and as the monster claims more hearts, the survivors turn on each other, desperate to save themselves by uncovering the guiltiest among them.

If the siblings can’t overcome the rift between them, they’ll surely become the monster’s next victims…or worse, become monsters themselves.

My Book Review:

In the debut novel, When The Night Comes Knocking, author Katherine Daniel weaves a riveting horror story that easily draws the reader into a dark storyline that follows a group of people who are trapped in an Appalachian roadside convenience store by a monster who seeks to feast on people's guilty hearts. 

Set in the North Georgia Appalachian Mountains, local folklore tells of a spirit who was trapped inside Blood Mountain and has become cursed and seeks out the scent of people and feasts on their guilty hearts. 

Estranged siblings Jane and Thomas Wilson were travelling to their family's rented cabin on Blood Mountain for Thanksgiving. They stop along the way at a roadside convenience store and unsuspectingly the customers come under attack by an eerie monster who has been lured to the store by one of their guilty hearts. As the night plays out and the monster claims it's victims, the local folklore is retold and all of them wonder if the guilt they hold inside is what lured the monster to their door. How will the attack on their lives unfold When The Night Comes Knocking?

When The Night Comes Knocking is an intense and eerie horror tale that is rich in detail and vivid descriptions. The dark intensity of the storyline and the complexity of the monster that seeks out guilty hearts to feast on kept me thoroughly riveted, engrossed, and shocked as each of the people wonder if it's their own guilty pasts that have lured the bloody heart seeking monster to the store's door. I am not one who usually likes horror books or movies, but the intensity of this dark tale had me holding my breath and my pulse quickening as the night played out. This is a scary-good story that is just right for the month of October, so don't pass it by! 

The author does a phenomenal job of transporting the reader into this fast-paced white-knuckle storyline with her creative interweaving of a psychological cat-n-mouse game that keeps the reader turning the pages until the shocking ending. 

When The Night Comes Knocking is an eerie horror story that will captivate the reader, it doesn't get any better than that!


RATING: 4 STARS 

About The Author

Katherine Daniel is a fiction writer based in Atlanta, Georgia, where she loves to explore the dark and twisty parts of what it means to be human through storytelling. She received a bachelor’s degree in English and creative writing from Georgia State University and is represented by Cheyenne Faircloth of Handspun Literary Agency. Her debut horror novel When the Night Comes Knocking is being published by Penguin Random House on October 20th, 2026.

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Book Spotlight: When The Night Comes Knocking by Katherine Daniel

 

 

When The Night Comes Knocking by Katherine Daniel

Publisher: Berkley Publishing / Penguin Random House

Publication Date: October 20, 2026

Format: Hardcover - 304 pages

               Audiobook - 9 Hours 14 Minutes

               Kindle - 302 pages

               Nook - 304 pages

ISBN (Hardcover): 979-8217191338

ASIN (Audiobook): B0GM4TDYVJ

ASIN (Kindle): B0GHVB81HL

BNID (Nook): 979-8217191352

Genre: Horror

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Book Description:

In this Appalachian horror novel, two estranged siblings become trapped in a convenience store under attack by a monster from the mountains who feasts on guilty hearts.

Rattle, rattle in the dark…

The mountain’s bones seek out a heart.

Jane has not spoken to her brother Thomas since the accident that nearly killed them both. Their drive from college through the North Georgia mountains is uncomfortably silent, until they stop at a roadside convenience store, where a man stumbles in with a mutilated body, claiming to have been attacked by a monster.

At first, no one believes the man’s ravings, but when the next person to leave the store is brutally killed, they fear that local legend might be

There’s a beast in these mountains who feasts on guilty hearts… and someone among them has lured it out of hiding.

Jane and Thomas each harbor secrets, but so do the other patrons, and as the monster claims more hearts, the survivors turn on each other, desperate to save themselves by uncovering the guiltiest among them.

If the siblings can’t overcome the rift between them, they’ll surely become the monster’s next victims…or worse, become monsters themselves.

About The Author

Katherine Daniel is a fiction writer based in Atlanta, Georgia, where she loves to explore the dark and twisty parts of what it means to be human through storytelling. She received a bachelor’s degree in English and creative writing from Georgia State University and is represented by Cheyenne Faircloth of Handspun Literary Agency. Her debut horror novel When the Night Comes Knocking is being published by Penguin Random House on October 20th, 2026.

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Molka by Monika Kim (Book Review)

 

Molka by Monika Kim

Publisher: Kensington Publishing / Erewhon Books

Publication Date: April 28, 2026

Format: Hardcover - 304 pages

               Audiobook - 18 Hours 40 Minutes

               Kindle - 292 pages / 2.4 MB

               Nook - 288 pages / 2 MB

ISBN (Hardcover): 978-1645661269

ASIN (Audiobook): B0GD324XYX

ASIN (Kindle): B0FKX1VN4X

Genre: Horror

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molka (n): the Korean term for spy cameras secretly and illegally installed, often to capture voyeuristic images and videos

Dahye can't believe her luck when she finds herself in a whirlwind romance with handsome, charismatic Hyukjoon, the heir to a multi-million-dollar fortune.

But then a shocking revelation threatens: the couple has been caught on a spycam amid Korea's growing molka epidemic, and the video is all over the internet. When Hyukjoon flees the country to avoid the intense public scrutiny, Dahye is left to grapple with the ramifications on her own; and the demons from her childhood, long dormant, begin to surface.

Amid the chaos, she catches the attention of Junyoung, a nerdy, introverted IT tech at work. Junyoung harbours a dark secret: he has been spying on the women at work with his own hidden cameras. As Dahye's life begins to unravel, she unknowingly becomes the sole target of Junyoung's perverse obsession.

When the facts surrounding the invasion of her privacy come to light, Dahye is faced with the humiliating truth. Her pain and hurt turn to rage as she faces her past. Her desire for vengeance is insatiable, and she will not rest until the men who have wronged her have paid in blood...

My Book Review:

In Molka, author Monika Kim weaves a riveting horror story that easily draws the reader into a dark storyline that follows a woman seeking revenge for having been caught up in a molka incident. 

Set in Seoul, South Korea, the country has been hit with a molka epidemic, where spy cameras are secretly and illegally installed, capturing nonconsensual sexually voyeuristic images and videos, which are an invasion of privacy and exploitation, that has ruined many lives, relationships, families, and careers. 

Dahye Park and her boyfriend Hyukjoon Jang were caught up in a molka incident that was leaked to the media. When Dahye finds out that the videos appeared on a molka chatroom and that Hyukjoon has abandoned her, she turns her rage into seeking vengeance from those who have ruined her life.

 
Molka is a complex and multi-layered tale that is not your usual horror story. This is a really dark tale that is rich in detail and vivid descriptions. The dark intensity of the storyline and the complexity of the molka epidemic and its effect on Dahye's life kept me thoroughly riveted, engrossed, and shocked at the level of vengeance she sought. With the prevalence of social media and the issue of privacy and the exploitation of women via molka voyeuristic incidents, the author really opened my eyes to the injustice this has upon women's lives. 

The author does a phenomenal job of delving into the tangled web of secrets, lies, betrayals, and emotional trauma that comes from the molka epidemic. The author transports the reader into this fast-paced white-knuckle storyline with her creative interweaving of a psychological cat-n-mouse game that keeps the reader turning the pages until the surprising and shocking ending. 

Molka is an eerie horror story that will captivate the reader, it doesn't get any better than that!


RATING: 4 STARS 

About The Author

Monika Kim is a second-generation Korean American living in Los Angeles. She learned about eating fisheyes and other Korean superstitions from her mother, who immigrated to California from Seoul in 1985. The Eyes Are The Best Part, her debut novel, was a Sunday Times bestseller and received the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel.

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