Hideaway by Penelope Douglas is a dark, suspenseful romance set within the Devil’s Night world. The story centres on Banks and Kai Mori, whose lives become intertwined through the legend of an abandoned hotel known as 'The Pope'. Rumours of a hidden twelfth floor and a mysterious guest set the stage for a story filled with secrets, tension, and psychological intrigue.
Banks is deeply connected to the hotel’s hidden past, carrying truths she refuses to reveal, even as Kai begins to close in on her world. Kai, meanwhile, returns from prison transformed by trauma and survival, no longer the man he once was. His pursuit of answers leads him directly into Banks’s guarded life, where attraction and suspicion blur into something far more dangerous.
As the Devil’s Night chaos resurfaces, both characters are forced into a psychological and emotional battle where trust is fragile and desire is unavoidable. Their connection intensifies as secrets unravel, revealing that neither is truly who they appear to be.
Hideaway by Penelope Douglas explores themes of redemption, identity, trauma, and obsession, blending romance with dark mystery and emotional intensity.