Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings, in which we take a look at upcoming releases we’re super excited about.
Today’s selection and book I’m excitedly awaiting is:
Tourist Season
(The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy #1)
by Brynne Weaver
Adult Fiction – Dark Romance
September 23rd, 2025
Goodreads
Welcome to Cape Carnage! Visit Once, Stay Forever.
Cape Carnage is a seaside town of colorful houses, quirky shops, and an unusually high body count. But 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 at any cost—especially for her aging mentor with a fading memory.
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.
If you’d asked me a year ago, I’d have said dark romances aren’t my thing. Serial killer romances? No, thank you. But then I discovered Brynne Weaver and her brand of funny yet dark serial killer romances that are so hilariously unhinged they make me root for the couple to get their HEA and smile at all their silly antics. So yes, I’ll try her next book for sure!
Tell Me:
Will you be reading this book?
Great choice, Lindsey! I’m loving the sound of this book and I love that on the cover he’s holding a knife and she’s holding an ax. Sounds dark but funny!
If it’s anything like her other series, it’ll indeed be dark but funny 🙂
This sounds so different – great pick!
Thanks!