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One breath of his spores changed her biology forever. Clara Mycelia lives her life behind a microscope. Logic is her shield and data is her weapon. But when she unearths a pulsing fungal core deep beneath the forest floor, science fails her completely. The ancient spores shatter her defenses and summon a creature of pure instinct. Idris Rotwood is a nightmare of moss and muscle. He does not care for her degrees or her resistance. The horned beast only wants to plant his seed and watch his garden grow. His yellow dust clouds her mind with a feverish haze that turns fear into desperate need. ...

He demands a melody that only her surrender can provide. Isabella Mossheart climbed into the canopy to find a myth. She found a monster instead. The haunting flute music that drew her in was a trap and she walked right into the center of it. Now she is far from the safety of the ground and at the mercy of a creature who sees her as a tool rather than a woman. Orion Barkrend is a conductor of sin. He needs a specific sound to sate his ancient curse and he believes Isabella is the instrument to make it. He does not ask for her participation. He takes it. With jagged horns and a barbed tail he...

The forest does not just watch you, it keeps you forever. Valerie Vance thought she could conquer the Blackwood Ridge alone. She was wrong. A sudden storm sweeps away the trail and pushes her into the domain of something ancient. She seeks shelter in a hollowed tree but finds a prison instead. Elias Rootgrip is no man. He is a towering satyr with coiled horns and a tail that moves with a mind of its own. He does not want a guest. He wants a possession. When Valerie tries to run she learns that the very roots of the forest obey his command. The mud sucks at her boots while vines snag her ...

She was a healer until a centaur warrior decided she was a broodmare. Brielle was dedicated to saving lives. But when her village is raided, she's bartered at a desert market to settle their debts. Her new master is Cade, an imposing centaur warrior who doesn't want her skills, he wants her body. He takes her to his tribal oasis, his intentions brutal and clear. He's not interested in her healing hands, only in her ability to breed. He'll use stinging poultices, public humiliation, and the tight coil of his tail to transform her. "You are a hucow now," he commands, his voice rough. "You ...

She thought she could steal her freedom, but he demanded a payment in flesh. Farah survives the harsh desert bazaars by staying invisible. When she swipes a gem from the wrong caravan, the law catches up. Her sentence is not prison. It is being sold to Galen, a massive centaur guardian with storms in his eyes and a terrifying calm in his voice. He does not want a slave to scrub floors. He wants a mate to claim. Galen uses ancient alchemy to bind her. His venom changes her body, turning the defiant thief into a leaking, desperate vessel craving his touch. He warns her not to run, but Farah ...

Some thickets are better left unexplored. Lila Evergreen thinks the local legends are just stories. She is a botanist who only cares about the rare flora hiding in the deep woods. But when she steps past the warning markers, she triggers a trap that has been waiting for centuries. The vines do not just hold her down. They deliver her to him. Darius Hoofshadow is a monster of myth. He is driven by a curse that demands he claim a mate to break his solitude. He stalks Lila through the shadows before taking what he wants. He whispers dark promises against her skin and tells her exactly how he ...

Her freedom was the price for water. Her body was the price for his obsession. Aisha, a merchant's daughter, is traded to a savage centaur tribe to save her family from a scorching drought. She's resilient and defiant, but her new life is one of servitude. Her master is Barak, a powerful centaur scout obsessed with breaking her spirit. He doesn't just want her obedience. He wants her body remade, demanding her milk and her submission. He subjects her to relentless desert trials and dark, carnal rituals. "You will be my vessel," he commands. "You will beg for my seed." But Barak's brutal ...

To cultivate her, he must first break her. Clara is a florist, content with her wild blooms. But her talent hides a magic, one that gets her stolen from her life and imprisoned in the enchanted Tavrian stables. She's no longer a person. She's a specimen. Her guardian is Egon, a massive, green-thumbed minotaur. He doesn't want her art; he wants her body. He's obsessed with cultivating her like a rare flower, breeding her for his dark, fertile garden. He uses vine-bondage to inspect her, floral nectars to make her lactate, and whispers filthy promises of what a "good flower" she'll be. He ...

In the velvet chains of the Tavrian stables, a spirited woman's defiance awakens a beast's primal urge to claim, milk, and breed her into eternal submission. Amelia, a defiant herbalist, sacrifices her freedom to save her starving village. She is sent as tribute to the Tavrian Stables, a place of brutal submission ruled by the ruthless minotaur warden, Borin. He sees her not as a savior, but as the perfect vessel for his dark desires. He is determined to shatter her unyielding spirit, to transform her into an obedient, lactating hucow who craves his touch. Borin forces her through trials of...

She was born to dance on stage but he captured her to serve the herd. Dahlia lived for the applause until the night the dunes exploded with the thunder of hooves. Snatched by Emir, a ruthless centaur chieftain, she is no longer a free woman. She is a prize to be broken and a vessel to be filled. Emir does not want her gold. He wants her complete surrender. He strips her of her silks and binds her in leather to transform the defiant dancer into his personal hucow. His dark demands are simple. She must dance for him in the sand and produce the sweet milk his touch coaxes from her traitorous ...

Her mind craved knowledge, but her body was destined for his brutal, fertile lessons. Beatrice, a city librarian, ventures into the mythical Tavrian stables to research ancient fertility rites. She believes her intellect is her shield, but she is unprepared for the one who guards the archives. Drax, the minotaur Overseer, sees the "city shame" poisoning her. He has no interest in her research. He wants to be her research. He ensnares her in a twisted, carnal curriculum designed to break her mind and awaken her body. His lessons are brutal, his quizzes relentless. He commands her to "open ...

He demands a portrait but takes her soul instead. Sophia Willowbrook enters the ancient woods seeking artistic inspiration. She finds a nightmare wrapped in pearlescent mist instead. A single sketch on a forbidden stone breaks an ancient seal and wakes the guardian. Lucian is not a man. He is a beast of hoof and horn driven by a hunger for vengeance. He traps Sophia in his domain of fog and thorns. He demands she paint his portrait as penance for her intrusion. But canvas is not the only thing he intends to mark. Lucian uses his supernatural strength and wicked forked tail to dismantle her ...

In the crushing abyss, love is the most dangerous discovery of all. Scholar Rowan’s life dedicated to the ocean ends when a violent storm pulls her into its depths. She is saved from a watery grave not by a man, but by a monster. Lir, the silent, tentacled king of a lost city, rescues her for reasons of his own, making her a captive in his breathtaking, sunless world. Trapped leagues under the sea, Rowan’s fear gives way to a fierce, scientific curiosity that her captor shares. Their clinical examinations soon ignite a dangerous, all-consuming lust. He is a creature of immense power and...

He bought my silence to claim my body. Giselle lives by the power of her voice. As a bard in the wandering sands, her songs are her shield and her currency. But when her desperate caravan reaches the hidden oasis, her troupe betrays her. She is sold to the terrifying centaur elder for water, traded like cattle to a beast who hates the sound of human speech. Harlan is a massive, dominant creature who demands absolute quiet. He strips Giselle of her words with ancient magic and binds her to his bed. He does not want her stories. He wants her submission. He transforms her into a vessel of ...

She sought the silence but found a monster who demands to be heard. Fiona Echofern hunts the rarest sounds in the world. She prides herself on her control and her quiet precision. She never expected the Hollow to bite back. Now she is the prey in a trap made of vibrations and ancient magic. Ronan Hollowrend is no myth. He is a monster of dark acoustics and vengeance. The satyr does not forgive the intrusion into his domain. He demands payment in flesh and absolute submission. He intends to retune her body until she fits his twisted design. He strips her defenses with a touch that hums ...

Stolen by the wind and claimed by the beast who commands it. Halima was promised to a wealthy Emir, but the desert had other plans. A violent sandstorm tears her wedding procession apart and delivers her into the arms of a nightmare. Idris is no ordinary bandit. He is a centaur shaman who commands the lightning and looks at her with a primal hunger that threatens to consume her whole. He steals her away to his isolated camp, but he has no interest in gold. Idris demands a mate capable of weathering his tempest. He uses wind magic to draw sweet milk from her unwilling body and shakes the ...

The ocean kept its monsters, and one of them wanted her. Seraphina is haunted by dreams of the sea, a summons from a powerful presence in the deep. When she finally answers the call, she finds Stellan, a magnificent, tentacled creature and the last king of a dying underwater realm. His world is being consumed by darkness, and only Seraphina’s life force can save it. The key to her power is her pleasure, her complete and willing surrender. He offers a choice: her lonely life, or a throne in the deep as his queen. In his grotto, he vows to teach her a new language of submission. His deep ...

She was buried alive, but the creature who found her was the real miracle. When a catastrophic collapse traps geologist Paige miles beneath the earth, she’s ready to die in the dark. Instead, she’s found by Geode, the last of an ancient, subterranean race. He is a luminous, tentacled being of immense power, and he is her only hope for survival. In his breathtaking cavern home, what begins as a fragile truce born of necessity soon ignites into a consuming passion she never could have imagined. He is a lonely god in his own kingdom, and she is the first living soul he has seen in ...

He pulled her from a watery grave, only to claim her as the queen of his abyss. Marine archaeologist Petra’s life’s work becomes her tomb when her submersible fails in the crushing blackness of the deep. Resigned to her fate, she’s rescued not by a vessel, but by a god. Nereus is the last of his kind, the ancient, tentacled warden of a lost city. He saves Petra, but his protection comes with a price: she can never return to the surface. She is now a part of his world, a beautiful, fragile human in a kingdom of one. But the lonely warden sees more than a survivor. He sees a mate. As he...

He saved her from the sea, only to claim her as its queen. Sailor and scientist Isolde is lost to a vicious, unnatural storm, her ship torn apart by the waves. Her life is saved not by a miracle, but by a monster. Roric, a colossal, tentacled guardian of the deep, pulls her from the wreckage, their fates instantly bound by a magical tether that pulses with the ocean's own power. He is a lonely god, the last of his kind, and he declares Isolde his. In his luminous, subterranean grotto, he teaches her a new reality. With a voice that is both a calm command and a seductive promise, he shows ...