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August 2, 2025

Free Copies - The Gentle Dark

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Happy Saturday! Landing in your inbox with an opportunity for free review copies 👀 If you love movie monster werewolves with an unexpected twist, this one’s for you! 💕

A book map graphic of The Gentle Dark: An Unexpected Werewolf by Bethany Baker. The cover features photos of a wolf's eye, a museum hall, a full moon, and a jail cell. Clockwise from the top left, the text reads: pheromones, cinnamon roll werewolf MMC, big knot, copious cum, collar and cock cage, neurodivergent rep, scientist FMC, they're both switches, cozy Gaslamp setting

Blurb

A week ago, Jules was content with his boring life as a banker. Now, he's  a werewolf caged in the basement of the Museum of Natural History, relying on scientist Rosalyn to break his curse.

Unlike her prudish colleagues, Rosalyn isn't scandalized when she learns that the curse spreads not through bites, but through more... intimate activities. She proceeds with diligent "data" collection.

With Rosalyn's matter-of-fact approach at odds with the pair's growing affection, it's a race against the clock to free Jules from a life in cages—or worse.

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THE GENTLE DARK: AN UNEXPECTED WEREWOLF is a short human (F) x werewolf (M) romance novel in a lightly magical gaslamp setting. Featuring high heat and neurodivergent main characters, THE GENTLE DARK explores themes of intimacy, stigma, loneliness, love, and facing your shadow.

Detailed content advisories: bit.ly/gentle-dark

Why now?

The Gentle Dark: An Unexpected Werewolf was the first novel I ever formally published, and I didn’t really do much marketing for it, so it never got a round of ARCs.

I have somewhat chaotically decided better late than never! Review copies are available via Booksprout for the next two weeks. This basically works the same as ARCs, except without the hype/coordination of a release date. You’re welcome to post on social media, but it’s not expected! Reviews in bookstores (especially Amazon and Goodreads) are hugely helpful.

I’m a little worried this’ll be too weird/confusing 🙈 But I hope it’s a fun little thing and will tempt some folks deeper into my backlist! ☺️

Also, if you want to be the first to know any time review copies are available, you can apply to join my ARC team on BookSprout here! 💕

Stay tasty,

💕 Beth/Cookie

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