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Briar Boleyn
Love is Trash in Hallow's Cove
by Emily Antoinette
About this book
Hayley is officially done with human men. After a string of heartbreak and cheating exes, she decides to trade the ordinary for the supernatural by moving to Hallow’s Cove, a quirky town teeming with monsters. Her goal is simple: find a monster mate who actually appreciates her. But as her attempts at dating the locals end in awkward disasters, she begins to fear that her dreams of a fated romance are nothing more than a fantasy.
Everything changes when a raccoon shifter named Jake catches a scent that stops him in his tracks. After stumbling upon a pair of Hayley’s stolen undergarments, Jake knows he has found his mate. The only hurdle? He is a self-proclaimed dumpster-diving weirdo, and he is convinced a sweet, charming human like Hayley would never look twice at a trash panda like him.
This cozy, steamy, and hilarious shifter romance is the perfect pick for readers craving a unique reverse-harem adjacent story. With its delightful plus-size representation and unconventional courtship, this novella proves that one person’s trash is truly another’s treasure. Dive into Hallow’s Cove for a heartwarming, quirky tale where love is found in the most unexpected—and occasionally messy—places.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
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Reader Reviews
April 1, 2025
After being cheated on one too many times, Hayley left life as she knows it to come to Hallow’s Cove for a chance at love…. With a monster! Swearing off all humans, she looks for her monster mate but she doesn’t seem to have any luck with them. Luckily for her, her monster mate is actually just next door in the form of a raccoon shifter. It only took one sniff of her 🩲 to realize she was his. But she is perfect and kind, while he is just a trash loving raccoon 🦝. This was a fun quirky book...
July 30, 2025
To understand someone’s weirdness, and to love it is a whole new level of love and appreciation. This book is that and so much more. From plus size rep in both the FMC and MMC, I couldn’t have asked for a better depiction without it being a focal focus of the book. The silliness added a touch of realness to the romance genre that I rarely see in this volume. What a sweet and spicy read! )
April 27, 2026
4.5 stars! This was such a fun and flirty read! Hayley has moved to a new town hoping to meet a monster mate, since the humans she's dated have been the worst, but so far she hasn't had any luck. Jake is odd, even in a monster town, and loves to turn other people's trash into treasure to. But he isn't ashamed of who he is and his other half, Beans the Racoon, fully supports his trashy ways. These two are odd and so lovely. They are so much in their own heads it is like listening to my own inner...
May 1, 2025
I saw this book on BookTok and got super intrigued when I heard “raccoon shifter. This was my first time reading this authors work and I enjoyed it. This book follows Hayley, who has recently moved to Hallow’s Cove in search of her forever love, and Jake the town weirdo. This book gave me banter, humor and pretty decent spicy scenes (though some of the dialog in these scenes made me cringe). It also had a really good message about how not to dim your light to fit in with others and that there...
January 25, 2026
I LOVED this book! So cute. Came in great shape, quickly. And the story itself is wonderful! )
