The Night Farm: The Wylder Years by A.L. Davidson

Before they were the last reaper in Wylder Wood... Casper Wylder’s focus is on one thing and one thing alone: learning how to be a mortician. After moving to New Orleans to finish their studies at the prestigious Bloodworth Family funeral home, the fledgling reaper finds the courage to embrace the truth and become the person they’d always knew they could be - if only for a moment. Despite their newfound freedom, nothing matters more than their studies, and Cas’ quiet life is uneventful to say the least. Things change when a handsome blue-eyed coffin maker named Canaan Michaels walks into the funeral home and sweeps the shy mortician off of their feet. A whirlwind romance, set against the magic-filled backdrop of New Orleans in the springtime, begins to blossom between them. Each new day is sweet, but Knowing they’ll have to return home to Wylder Wood come autumn - and say goodbye to their southern gentleman forever - makes Cas wonder if falling in love is worth the risk. Desperately in love with the moon-eyed mortician and eager to please, Cane is determined to break down Cas’ walls. but when he discovers the haunting truth behind his partner’s penchant for the paranormal, he realizes that life as he knew it will never be the same. The coffin maker must decide if giving up his first true home after years of hardship is worth it for an eternity with the mysterious grim reaper who stole his heart, and his choice sets off a chain of events that will change the Wylders, and their beloved town, forever...

Adult • Romance/Paranormal • Romance/Erotica • Diversity Representation/Mental Health/Own Voices • Fantasy/Magical Realism • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+/Own Voices

Content Warning: This book contains mature themes, conversations, and elements that are beyond what is shown in the main Night Farm series, reader discretion is advised. It contains lengthy, explicit scenes of an intimate and sexual nature between the leads including: light dom/sub, BDSM, and kink related elements. The novella also contains heavy conversations about and internal distress over a tense home life, family drama, and parental neglect, as well as extensive scenes involving discussions of funerals, mortuary practices, and grief, alongside a minor scene of a supernaturally charged experience leaving one character in an altered state of mind. Strong language and minor alcohol use is also present.