Monster Relationships

Conflict is a natural part of any intimate relationship. Yet most couples either avoid it or try to smooth over their differences. This often results in at least one partner compromising their integrity—and stunting their own growth. Monsters in Love challenges the idea that conflict between partners is unhealthy or something to avoid. Instead, it encourages both people to stand by what they need and who they are—but to do so with compassion rather than competitiveness or vengefulness.

She came to watch the moon. He came to claim his mate. Amateur astronomer Marina Cross is determined to capture the perfect photo of the rare blood moon. She ignores the warning signs and sneaks onto restricted land, finding a clearing that feels ancient and sacred. She thinks she's alone, ready for a celestial spectacle. But the clearing belongs to Kaedor, the exiled alpha of a werewolf pack. The crimson light of the eclipse awakens a primal madness within him, a need to hunt, to claim, to possess. When he finds a human female on his sacred altar stone, he sees not an intruder, but a gift ...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Alienist tells the extraordinary story of Masha, a half-wild rescue cat who fought off a bear, tackled Caleb like a linebacker—and bonded with him as tightly as any cat and human possibly can. “The most brilliant feline portrait in literary...

Jack Mercer is not looking for love. A widowed paramedic, veteran, and father of two, Jack has built his entire life around one thing: keeping the house standing. He works brutal shifts, sleeps in fragments, packs the lunches, checks the locks, rescues stuffed rabbits from behind beds, and makes sure his daughters never feel the full weight of how tired and lost he really is. Then Marina Reyes knocks on his door, holding a chicken casserole. She is soft-spoken, beautiful, practical, and impossibly good with children. She helps with pickups. She understands that Sophie’s rules are not ...

He came to conquer. She swore to resist. But in the war of dominance and desire, only one will kneel. Elara I will never bow. Not to the monsters who burned my village. Not to the warlord who ripped me from my home. I am not his to command, to use, to break. No matter how my body betrays me. No matter how his golden eyes watch me like a beast ready to devour. He can drag me to his camp. He can chain me. But he will never own me. Varkash She fights me. Claws at me. Spits in my face. But I see it—the way her breath hitches when I get too close, the shudder she tries to hide when I touch her...

To save his mountain, he had to claim her soul. Ariana Cole is a blacksmith, her spirit as fiery as the volcanic forge she calls home. Her life is one of steel and sweat until a voice from the heart of the mountain makes her an offer: become the personal smith for a creature of myth. Glorath, the last great dragon, needs her skill to forge weapons against the invaders bleeding his domain dry. In return, he offers her a forge of wonders and a power beyond mortal dreams. But the pact quickly ignites into a consuming passion. Glorath is a possessive, ancient being, and his desire is as vast ...

He was her target, her monster, her damnation... and her only salvation. Tara Fang is the only hunter skilled enough to stop the beast slaughtering its way through the forests of her village. Tracking the monster to its lair is a duty she accepts without question, but the creature she corners is no mindless animal. He is Darius, the last sane werewolf of a cursed bloodline, a lonely sentinel fighting a secret war against his own feral kin. He is intelligent, articulate, and brutally powerful. And he decides Tara is not his enemy, but his prize. Trapped in his mountain den, Tara finds her ...

A complete rewrite and expansion of the original Adventures in Town Building Part II Kingsford follows a seventeen-year-old Chet as he is summoned to the Kingdom's capital. His girlfriend, Princess Ilana, is delighted to introduce him to the rest of her family. He has made such a splash all the way out in the wilderness that the King and Queen want to meet him. Or maybe they want to see the young man whose bed their daughter delights in diving into. During his initial visit, Chet starts finding issues that should be taken care of as soon as they can be accomplished, so he starts doing his ...

Stranded beyond the mountain pass, she needs his monsters to survive. It’s their master who ruins her defenses first. Nessa Flint is a caravan scout with a sharp mouth, survival instincts, and no interest in owing anyone her life. But after a massacre leaves her alone in the frozen mountains, she has nowhere to turn except the isolated fortress of the orc who drags her out of the snow. Rhaegor Durn is an exiled beastmaster who commands dire wolves with a glance and guards his lonely keep like a male born to bite first. He is controlled, territorial, and far too aware of the human woman ...

His coils were her prison... and her only salvation. Reclusive botanist Elise Marrow’s Amazonian greenhouse is her sanctuary. But she is not its keeper. When an impossible serpent-god, Sylth’axaar, unfurls from its heart, he claims the jungle and Elise as his own property. He is a monster of myth, a possessive deity with two cocks and a possessive tail, determined to make her his vessel. His violation is absolute, his commands echoing in her mind: ‘Beg me.’ Yet his touch awakens a dark, traitorous desire. As terror bleeds into dependency, Elise learns her prison is a shield, and the...

He bought me, chained me, but nothing prepared me for the beast who now claims me. Zivra They sold me as a prize to the highest bidder—Korvax, a minotaur warlord with a savage reputation. He’s monstrous, relentless, and intent on breaking me. Yet each brutal touch ignites desires I never knew existed. My mind screams for freedom, but my traitorous heart yearns to surrender completely to the beast whose darkness matches my own. Korvax She’s mine by right of purchase, a beautiful, defiant treasure I intend to tame. Zivra fights me at every turn, her fiery resistance fueling my obsession...

From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry comes a standalone supernatural thriller Ink, about a memory thief who feeds on the most precious of dreams. Tattoo-artist Patty Cakes has her dead daughter’s face tattooed on the back of her hand. Day by day it begins to fade, taking...

The first daughter is for the Throne. The second daughter is for the Wolf. For fans of Uprooted and The Bear and the Nightingale comes a dark, sweeping debut fantasy novel about a young woman who must be sacrificed to the legendary Wolf of the Wood to save her kingdom. But not all legends are...

One conquered queen. Four ruthless orc warriors. No safe choice, and no reason to choose only one. Aeloria loses her crown the night Vrok the War Tusk brings aurora-fire crashing through her palace. To save the last of her court, she agrees to become tribute to the warband that destroyed her dynasty. But Vrok is not the only danger waiting on the road to the Crests. There is Drulg, the stone-faced disciplinarian whose control cracks when Aeloria pushes too far. Kragthar, the scarred wild card who turns every forbidden line into a game. Throgar, the quiet seer who sees too much, offers too ...

She came to broker peace. He means to make her the contract that binds two worlds together. Sabine Rook is a disgraced human negotiator sent to an orc city for one last impossible assignment. She is supposed to prevent a trade war, keep her head down, and leave with a signed treaty. Instead, someone sabotages the talks and leaves her standing in the middle of the fallout. Varnek Stonefist is the magistrate who keeps the city in line with cold judgment and iron control. He is exacting, unreadable, and far too interested in the trembling human diplomat everyone else wants punished. When the ...

A young couple's toxic Instagram crush spins out of control and unleashes a sinister creature in this twisted, viciously funny story. "Um, holy shit ... This novel will be the most fun you'll have this summer." —Emily Temple, Literary Hub Remy and Alicia, a couple of insecure service workers...

Journey through luminescent underwater cities, whispering coral gardens, and moonlit coves where serenity awaits at every turn. Whether you’re battling sleepless nights, overwhelmed by the stresses of life, or simply craving a gentle escape before bed, these soothing stories promise to be your perfect companion for relaxation.

Al has taken care of the problem of Baron Jamison. He won’t even have to worry about convincing the crown he was in the right, as Emperor Eldridge personally witnessed most of the final confrontation which has all but guaranteed the now former baron will be executed. The Emperor is here to watch Al test his new and modified mills. Of course, Al’s monarch always seems to have more than one motive, and there is now a vacant barony to dispose of. Even the part of the barony Al actually wants comes with its own issues. Not the least of which are more chromatic dragons. The young earl is ...

In this breathtaking sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller For the Wolf, Red's sister Neve struggles to escape a mysterious land of twisted roots, lost gods, and mountains made of bone—and the only clues to her rescue are a magic mirror and a dark prince who wants to bring the whole...

A passionate, provocative and blisteringly smart interrogation of how we experience art in the age of #MeToo, and whether we can separate an artist's work from their biography. What do we do with the art of monstrous men? Can we love the work of Roman Polanski and Michael Jackson, Hemingway and...