Bump in the Night

Black Oasis, Book 2

De: Nikole Knight, Lily Mayne

Narrado por: Michael Ferraiuolo

You never know what's hiding in your closet...

At twenty-six, Ivy has their life figured out. They have a decent-paying job at the London office of Somnus Entertainment—the gaming company behind the wildly popular game Black Oasis—a draughty flat they inherited from their wild great aunt, and a few select friends to pass the time. They're a responsible adult, thank you very much, and while they might get lonely at times, they know better than to put too much stock into that fanciful notion known as love.

But when a skeevy encounter during a fun night at the pub devolves into a violent hate crime, their life changes forever.

Waking up in a demon dimension, beaten within an inch of their life, is bad enough. Add a snarky, haughty healer with the universe's worst bedside manner, and Ivy knows they're in for a long, excruciating recovery. Lau the Dreamwraith is prickly, arrogant, and entirely infuriating, but for some strange reason, he seems hellbent on nursing Ivy back to health. Despite Lau's whinging over their "inferior human qualities," there is a heat building between them that neither is able to fight. Like a match meeting kerosine, their chemistry ignites, but Ivy's stay in the demon world is temporary, and fire always burns out eventually.

Love is a dream, after all; it has no business in nightmares. Right?

Join Ivy and Lau as they nurture the sparks between them until they explode into an unexpected passion that crosses dimensions in Bump in the Night, the second book in Knight and Mayne's co-authored queer monster romance series, Black Oasis.

Bump in the Night is an M/X monster romance full of hurt/comfort, angst, humor, and sweet, spicy love between a fiery Brit and their arrogant sleep demon. This love story contains explicit content for mature listeners.

©2024 Lily Mayne & Nikole Knight (P)2024 Podium Audio

Sweet, funny, heartbreaking, honest

Voice actor excellent. Thoughtful portrayal of nonbinary protagonist, and clever discussion of body image issues.

I love them, your honor

Lau is a prickly tsundere and we love his drama queen ass. Ivy is such a good character and a really great nonbinary main character. Excellent nb rep, green flags all around. I'm just so stupidly in love with this whole world. 10000/10 and of course the voice acting is top notch. you will believe it's multiple people talking and not just one dude narrating.

OBSESSED

Eep - I love this series so much already. I had a hard time putting this one down! I knew I’d love Lau’s book, but I didn’t know how much I would love Ivy. Their love felt so natural, while also having hurtles and insecurities. Gah. I miss them already!

Genuinely funny

The series is consistent with both it humor and character moments. I couldn’t help but smile and laugh through out the reading, because while being a fantasy book the dialogue seriously feels like people bantering with one another. Oh, and the slow burn smut is good too.

5stars!

Loved this story! Michael did a great job narrating as always. Really hoping that these two authors keep writing more books in this series! Both stories have been awesome so far.

Fun and Feels

Despite the backdrop of a fantastical world full of monsters this is a fairly simple story at its core about two people falling in love and helping to heal each other (both physically and mentally). I mean that in the best way. The story is very character driven and Ivy and Lau are stubborn but loveble and were very entertaining to experience. There’s humor as well as some gut-punching feels. Loved this book!
Great performance from narrator Michael Ferraiuolo!

Nothing quite like hearing your own name in an audiobook.

“At twenty-six, Ivy has their life figured out.” Unfortunately I, a twenty-six year old nonbinary person named Ivy, do not have my life figured out. Nor do I have a sleep demon creeping— sorry, lurking in my closet.

Mayne and Knight have just ruined all other books for me with this one. Can’t wait to see where they take the rest of this series.

Even better than the first!

Lau and Ivy’s story is so good. Now I just need Vari’s story please and thank you. The narration is amazing. If you’re on the fence, jump down and start this book!

the absolutely extraordinary voice acting

the story is incredible and the voice performance is amazing you will love it !!!!

Incredible story, Incredible narrator

ok, so I AM IN LOVE WOTH THESE CHARACTERS! THE SEX IS TOP NOTCH, BUT MICHAEL IS FUCKING INCREDIBLE! THE MAN SWITCHED VOICES AND IT FEELS LIKE MULTIPLE PEOPLE BUT ITS ALL HIM! HOLY FUCKING VOICE KINK UNLOCKED!