A bride auction. A Roc untouched for two hundred years. A nest he builds around her while she sleeps.

Wren

When my uncle's creditor raises a paddle to claim me, I do the only reckless, impossible thing that might save me. I choose the monster in the shadows instead.

Tavrin is nothing like the horror I braced for. He fills my room with books I've whispered about only once. He brings me tea before I know I want it.

He watches me like I'm a treasure he's spent lifetimes searching for. But I can't curl into safety. Not yet.

Tavrin

I bought her to free her. Now I'm the one undone.

The mate bond snaps into place, and the change follows. Wings splitting skin, instincts narrowing to one command: claim, protect, keep.

But her past threatens the only family she has left. And to save them, I must choose between two impossible things:

Let her walk away. Or risk tearing myself apart to bring her and her sister home.

A spicy, first-person gothic monster romance with a guaranteed happily-ever-after, complete as a standalone.

Tropes: fated mates; possessive monster hero; bought bride/bride auction; he falls first, hard and helpless; touch-her-and-die energy; found family and sister rescue.

Feral devotion. Dangerous tenderness. A Roc who would level the world for the woman he loves.

For fans of Ruby Dixon and Harley Laroux craving a gothic monster husband who builds his bride a nest instead of a cage.

One-click now and let the Roc carry you home.

Welcome to the bride market! Monsters bid, you choose.

This is a spin-off series to Arranged Monster Mates. We're back on Alia Terra with steamy stories told by your favorite paranormal romance authors: Eva Brandt, Lia Frost, Cara Wylde, and Ava York.