Tourist Season
The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy Book 1
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4.3 • 117 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
“The undisputed queen of dark rom-coms is back with a new swoony, one-of-a-kind banger, and the book world better get ready for it!” —Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brynne Weaver comes a wickedly delicious new series where dark romantic comedy meets thrilling suspense—and where falling in love can be a killer.
Welcome to Cape Carnage! Visit Once, Stay Forever.
You can hide in the farthest reaches of the deepest hell, and I will still drag you out. Even the devil can’t save you from me.
Cape Carnage is a seaside town of colorful houses, quirky shops, and an unusually high body count. With tourists comes trouble, and Harper Starling won’t let anyone ruin her picture-perfect home. A skilled gardener with killer instincts, Harper protects her sanctuary—and her aging mentor with a fading memory—at any cost. Troublesome tourists don’t check out of Carnage. They compost beneath Harper’s award-winning flowerbeds.
But Nolan Rhodes isn’t your average tourist. Devilishly handsome, disarmingly charming, and skilled with a blade, Nolan is relentless in the pursuit of revenge. On every anniversary of the hit-and-run accident that fractured his life, Nolan slays another target. And he’s saved the best for last: the undeniably beautiful Harper Starling. The problem? Harper isn’t the monster he expected. And she won’t go down without a fight.
When an amateur true crime investigator comes to Cape Carnage on the trail of a long-lost serial killer, Harper and Nolan strike an uneasy truce. If Nolan helps Harper protect her town, she’ll keep quiet about his hunting habits . . . for now. But their alliance soon spirals into obsession, one that threatens to shatter every secret in Carnage—including their fragile love.
Tourist Season is a darkly funny, slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romance where destruction and desire are balanced on the edge of a blade—and where love is the most dangerous battleground of all.
Tropes: Small-town romance / Fish out of water / Grumpy x grumpy / Forced proximity / He falls first / Touch her/him and die / Groveling
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Brynne Weaver (Butcher & Blackbird) heads seaside with a hilariously gruesome, unexpectedly tender trilogy opener. In the coastal town of Cape Carnage, gardener Harper Starling keeps her town immaculate—by quietly removing its worst visitors with her faithful wood chipper. Nolan Rhodes is on a murderous vendetta to avenge a fatal hit-and-run, and Harper is on his list. When a nosy true-crime sleuth starts poking around, they form an uneasy pact to protect their own secrets. The sparks fly as Harper and Nolan’s mutual mistrust, attraction, and blood loyalty collide. Weaver balances pitch-black humor and genuine menace with an enemies-to-lovers arc built on equal parts barbed banter and earned vulnerability. Beneath the gore run threads of grief, personal duty, and the emotional cost of caretaking. Tourist Season is wickedly entertaining without losing its heart. Come for the carnage, stay for a love story sharp enough to draw blood.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Just as gleefully ghoulish as fans will expect, this series-launching black comedy from bestseller Weaver (Butcher and Blackbird) pairs two serial killers in a quirky coastal town. After running from a traumatic past, Harper Starling landed in Cape Carnage, where she was taken under the wing of aging serial murderer Arthur Lancaster, who trained her to "protect the town" by dispatching obnoxious tourists. Now Arthur's memory is failing, meaning that most of the slaying and body disposal falls on Harper. Enter Nolan Rhodes, who has devoted his life to methodically hunting down the people who left him and his brother for dead in a hit and run—and Harper is the last name on his list. The pair meet cute before either realizes who the other is and their mutual attraction never fades even as they enter a deliciously dangerous game of cat and mouse. When a true crime documentarian starts poking around town, Harper blackmails Nolan into helping her cover Arthur's tracks, taking the story in a somewhat more tedious direction as they set aside their animosity to spend each night exhuming decades-old bodies. Also frustrating is a central miscommunication between the characters that feels increasingly contrived as it drags on. Still, there's plenty of humor, gore, and spice to hold readers' interest. Weaver's good at what she does.
