The Pythonist: A Gothic Dark Second-Chance Romance

by Loren Little

The Damned

I made a bargain with a daemon when I was a child.

For the last twelve years, I never saw any reason to crave my freedom from Kingsley Manor and the dark, lost entities who inhabit the lonely estate. But then he came back for me—like he promised he would when we were children.

He doesn’t remember that I’ll die if I leave Kingsley Manor.

And they’ll kill him if he stays.



The Dreamer

I was told to burn Kingsley Manor to the ground.

They want me to get rid of the melancholy girl occupying the estate and hosting strange guests who scream in their sleep, but I can’t. Not when something inexplicably draws me to her—when I watch her and I can’t look away.

She thinks her ghosts and daemons will scare me, but she’s wrong.

I possess her now.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication October 13, 2026

About the author

Loren Little has been writing stories since before she learned how to spell. Her books are dark, sexy, and hopelessly romantic with themes of found family and love growing from the most dismal odds. Loren still believes faeries are real, and she enjoys scattering little pieces of her Australian upbringing into her books.

When she isn't working on her own stories, Loren enjoys watching crime shows and romcoms, and trying to finish a reading challenge as a mood reader with a towering TBR of books.

You can find her most active on Instagram.