No Such Thing As Monsters

Snake-Oil: Book 1

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Genres

Psychological Dark Romance, Fantasy Romance, Feminist, Dark Fantasy, Gaslamp Fantasy, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Rape, Violence, Death, Sex, Profanity, and Abuse

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Snake-Oil — Book 1

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Publication Date

Mar 10, 2026

Page Length

380 pages

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No Such Thing As Monsters

Snake-Oil: Book 1

Advance Reader Copy

Blurb

The potion was a dare. He was the consequence.

Rosie has spent her lifetime not believing in monsters. She’s a scientist by nature—open-minded, but a cynic at heart, with a ledger of things to prove to everyone who doubts her. She’s not above a bit of dubious fun, though, especially if Devon, her best friend and life-long love, asks.

When a night at the circus ends in the fortune-teller’s tent, Rosie guzzles a potion named Familiar to prove a point—and everything she thought she knew about the natural world starts unravelling. Beginning with Raum La Roux. Large, cantankerous, intimidating—and, according to him, bound to her until Rosie chooses someone for him to kill.

Suddenly, monsters don’t seem so far-fetched.

Set against a vintage 1920s backdrop of gritty realism and eerie enchantment, No Such Thing As Monsters is a psychological fantasy about power, consent, and the monsters we make of each other.

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