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Unhinged
by Vera Valentine
About this book
Danger’s Come A-Knocking….
Someone’s been watching Tana closely, but he’s a lot closer than she realizes. From intimate moments to lazy afternoons on the couch, he’s secretly seen it all - and fallen for her along the way. The problem is that someone else is watching too, and his obsession with Tana is a lot more dangerous.
When a man claiming to be her front door enters her dreams to warn her about an imminent threat to her life, Tana initially chalks it up to her weird late-night snacks. But she rethinks things when her earnest visitor insists he’s also ready to protect her - in exchange for one hell of a favor.
When Tana trades her best line of defense for an unlikely supernatural ally, the threat lurking beyond her apartment hallway starts getting desperate as the law closes in. Can her inhuman companion save her from the worst of humanity, or is it too late for both of them?
Content Considerations: Unhinged is a paranormal romance story that involves a human woman getting it on with her front door, which later turns into a guy. This story contains...a lot of stuff that would probably land me on the naughty list with bots from our benevolent overlords if I went into detail in this blurb. Please peek at the look inside for a better idea of what to expect, cool? ;)
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
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Reader Reviews
September 4, 2023
This book took less than an hour to read. It’s short and cute and has very little backstory. Our main characters are Tana and “Door Boy”. We find out how we’ve stumbled into the mind of a sentient door and his backstory is basically explained away in two paragraphs. Tana gets absolutely no backstory and we are just left knowing she is female and her daily habits. We never find out if she has a job, family, past…. We only know what the door knows, accept it. The story is basically all written in...
November 9, 2023
“ I have no name but yours, Tana. I am your faithful guardian and protector, nothing more, nothing less. I am your door, and I love you. “ - Drys Tana, who is our FMC, is plagued by an inappropriate apartment manager with a fatal attraction. Unknowingly to Tana, a secret protector hangs on the hinges with a hard knob just for her. Drys, the sentient door, learns he is the son of Zeus. Basically, Zeus did the deed with a tree and therefore created him. For one night, he is given permission to...
October 16, 2025
4/5 This was wildly different from what I normally read, but I ended up enjoying it a lot. At first, the premise felt a little absurd, romance with a door isn’t exactly standard territory, but once the mythological angle kicked in, it all made a surprising kind of sense. The novella format kept things quick, and the story was told clearly without wasting time. The erotic content was definitely shocking at first, but that’s part of the charm. It hooks you with the absurdity, then shifts into a...
September 2, 2025
So far every book I have read by this author I always end up with the same thought, 'for such a ridiculous plot in such an extremely short book, this was so well written.' This one even more so because the back story of the main character just... we didn't need it but we got it and damn was it both hilarious and GOOD. This author is an instant read for me, which for the moment is an issue because she has so many books for me to work my way through. This was funny, it was well written, it was a...
January 30, 2024
Yes, it’s the door book. Why is there a door book? I’ve no idea but here we are. The first chapter opens from the door’s point of view. The opening line, “As a door, I didn’t know when I fell in love with Tana, only that I most assuredly was.”, hardly prepares you for what is to follow. Admittedly, the story is well written, if odd given that it’s from the point of view of a door. The FMC is well described through its point of view. The avenue the door is given to becoming a real boy is...
