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Maple Hollow · Book 1

Big Bad Wolf

by Laurie Gilmore
Published
8 September 2026
Pages
384
ISBN-13
9780008831783
Type
novel
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About this book

Big Bad Wolf, arriving in September 2026, opens Laurie Gilmore's Maple Hollow at 384 pages -- a swerve from the sun-drenched Dream Harbor books into darker, fairy-tale-inflected paranormal romance -- retelling Little Red Riding Hood with teeth as Ruby Bellerose, half-hiding from town gossip at the edge of the woods, has a chance encounter with the brooding stranger Rafe.

Key facts about Big Bad Wolf

Big Bad Wolf is a novel by Laurie Gilmore. Readers have had it since 8 September 2026. It runs to 384 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Big Bad Wolf. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780008831783 to find the main one.

Big Bad Wolf is book 1 of 2 in the Maple Hollow series. The series has 2 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Wild Wicked Mate is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 20 October 2026.

Additionally, Laurie Gilmore writes Dream Harbor as a separate series. Those series sit on our contemporary romance and paranormal romance shelves. Meanwhile, Wild Wicked Mate is the latest published Laurie Gilmore book on file, from 20 October 2026.

About Laurie Gilmore

Laurie Gilmore is the pen name of American author Melissa McTernan, used for her small-town contemporary romance novels, most notably the Dream Harbor series set in a cozy, fictional New England coastal town explicitly inspired by the TV series Gilmore Girls. See every Laurie Gilmore book in order.

Its place in Maple Hollow

Big Bad Wolf is book 1 in the Maple Hollow series. It is followed by Wild Wicked Mate. See the full Maple Hollow reading order.

Maple Hollow is Laurie Gilmore's swerve away from the sun-drenched cozy contemporary romance of Dream Harbor into darker, fairy-tale-inflected paranormal territory. Book one, Big Bad Wolf, retells Little Red Riding Hood with teeth: Ruby Bellerose lives alone at the edge of the woods outside Maple Hollow, half-hiding from town gossip, until a chance encounter with Rafe -- a brooding stranger who lives deep in the forest and is clearly hiding something -- pulls her toward a danger, and an attraction, she didn't see…

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