First published 2026
This is the first book in the Split Or Swallow series featuring a basilisk love interest. Readers describe the story as extremely steamy and addictive, with content that requires pacing yourself through the heat. The romance centers on encounters with a serpentine creature that literally and figuratively gets under your skin. Multiple readers warn this is not safe for work and contains explicit content that some found so intense they needed spiritual cleansing between chapters. The story apparently transforms readers, making them hiss and embrace "serpent summer" while becoming completely obsessed with the unhinged romance. Even readers who typically avoid monster romance found themselves devouring this in a single day. The book delivers wild encounters that slither into both intimate spaces and emotional territory, creating an experience that leaves readers desperate for help with their newfound obsession.
Genres: romance, fantasy, adult, adult-fiction, erotica, fantasy-romance
Vibes: addictive, intense, obsessive, steamy, transformative
Tropes: monster-romance, paranormal-love-interest, slow-burn-intensity
496 pages · Paperback · Bloom Books
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content